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1. gruez · 1789928271 · focus · HN ↗

   I spent 10 seconds skimming this blog post until realizing it&#x27;s just AI generated (ironic) slop describing how third party cookie tracking works. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Third-party_cookies#Mechanism" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Third-party_cookies#Mechanism

   Everyone would be far better off if the author just posted &quot;OpenAI uses third party cookies [wikipedia link]&quot;, except maybe the author who wouldn&#x27;t as many subscriptions for his &quot;threat intel&quot; newsletter.

   1. buchodi · 1789928517 · focus · HN ↗

      There are specific details about how the mechanism works like the cookie name (__obi) that can help defenders.

      1. gruez · 1789928668 · focus · HN ↗

         I&#x27;m not aware of any filter lists that blocks based on cookie name. It&#x27;s almost always done at the URL level. Moreover it&#x27;s bog standard 3rd party cookie tracking. At least for the purposes of &quot;help defenders&quot;, there&#x27;s nothing in the blog post that couldn&#x27;t be found in 10s with browser devtools.

         1. zahlman · 1789928940 · focus · HN ↗

            &gt; there&#x27;s nothing in the blog post that couldn&#x27;t be found in 10s with browser devtools.

            The audience of people who can read and understand an explanation like this one is probably quite a bit larger than the ones who can replicate the experiment themselves.

            1. TeMPOraL · 1789929391 · focus · HN ↗

               And larger still than the ones who would bother to replicate the experiment themselves.

               Yeah, I could tell few sentences in that it&#x27;s Claude-written article. The style has become that distinctive. Hell, a third of the articles I opened on the HN front page today carried that distinctive style.

               Doesn&#x27;t really matter if the content is worth it (and I just realized that recognizing Claude in this also makes me wary of ways this could paper over key details - at this point I start to recognize from my own experience where Claude may be papering over something it didn&#x27;t actually bother to check).

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