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The privacy sandbox tag on WindowsForum.com covers Google's Privacy Sandbox initiative, which aims to replace third-party cookies with privacy-preserving ad targeting APIs. Discussions include the deprecation of the Topics API in Chrome 144 and full removal in Chrome 150, as well as security vulnerabilities like CVE-2026-11673, a use-after-free flaw in Chrome's InterestGroups component fixed in Chrome 149. Additional topics include Chrome's script blocking in Incognito mode using a Masked Domain List to prevent fingerprinting. These threads explore the technical and security implications of Google's evolving approach to web privacy and ad targeting.
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    CVE-2026-11673: Chrome InterestGroups Use-After-Free—Patch Chrome 149 Now

    Google assigned CVE-2026-11673 to a high-severity use-after-free flaw in Chrome’s InterestGroups component, fixed in Chrome 149.0.7827.103 for Windows and macOS before June 9, 2026, after NVD published the entry on June 8. The exploit condition is brutally familiar: a crafted HTML page, user...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
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    Google Privacy Sandbox: Topics API Deprecation and Chrome 144 150 Milestones

    Google’s plan to replace third‑party cookies with a new set of “Privacy Sandbox” web APIs has quietly entered reverse: Chrome will continue to support third‑party cookies in normal browsing, and Google engineers have begun formally deprecating at least some of the Privacy Sandbox Ads APIs — most...
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    • chrome deprecation privacy sandbox third-party cookies topics api
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Script Blocking in Incognito: Chrome’s MDL-based Fingerprinting Protection

    Google is experimenting with a new Incognito-mode protection called Script Blocking in Incognito that will block third‑party scripts known to perform browser fingerprinting techniques, using a list‑based Masked Domain List (MDL) and a small change to the Fetch specification that gives browsers a...
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    • blocked domain list browser comparison browser security chrome cross-site tracking devtools fetch hook fingerprinting-protection incognito experiments incognito mode masked domain list mdl privacy privacy advocacy privacy sandbox script blocking subresource filtering third-party scripts whatwg fetch
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    • Forum: Windows News
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