Template:Did you know nominations/Federated Learning of Cohorts
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 19:33, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
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Federated Learning of Cohorts
- ... that FLoC is one of several bird-themed technologies being developed for Google's Privacy Sandbox Initiative? Sources: The Verge: "Google wants to replace the third-party tracking cookie with a complicated set of (bird-themed) technologies that are meant to let ad companies target specific demographics like age and location... one of these new technologies, the Federated Learning of Cohorts", TILEC: "We now provide a high-level overview of the various “bird” proposals..."
- ALT1:... that a researcher at the Electronic Frontier Foundation described Google's Federated Learning of Cohorts as "a technology that should not exist"? Sources: ITEGA article about the EFF blog post, the EFF blog post
- ALT2:... that Google's ad tracking technology Federated Learning of Cohorts analyzes data using a method similar to the one used by its predictive keyboard? Source: TILEC: "Federated learning is currently used by Google in several applications, including its predictive keyboard."
- Comment: My second time at DYK, so QPQ isn't required although I might try doing a review anyway.
Created by Ezlev (talk). Self-nominated at 04:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC).
