I have been reading up on Chrome’s new Topics API and FLoC. Can someone explain to me why it is bad? Do the negatives of FLoC also apply to Federated Learning? (I’m not saying that FLoC is good, I’m just confused.)

  • tester1121@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    So the features on my Pixel that use federated learning don’t share the same privacy risks as FLoC?

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      1 year ago

      I think not? I’m sure it still comes with some privacy risks, plus your phone is using power you paid for to train models owned by someone else I believe. What features are you thinking of? Lol I use a pixel as well