Thread · 2 tweets · 10 May 2021

After the Privacy Sandbox, Google is working on Privacy Balloons. Our reporters caught the chilling moment as it readies to pounce on an unsuspecting employee who left some cookies lying around. (ht nytimes.com/2021/04/30/tec…)

The project is called FRIGATEBIRD (Freely Roaming Inflatable Guardrail Arresting Trackers by Erecting Balloon Interventions near Rogue Developers).