Google Chrome lacks protection against one of the most basic and common ways to track users online

The article critiques Google Chrome for offering virtually no built-in defenses against browser fingerprinting, outlines dozens of fingerprinting techniques and storage/tracking mechanisms used at scale to identify and track users across the web, cites research and Citizen Lab findings about the prevalence and misuse of such data, and notes Google’s abandonment of the Privacy Sandbox without shipping fingerprinting-specific mitigations.