There's been a lot of noise lately about Google's new Chrome browser. I've obviously downloaded it (I wouldn't be a tech freak if I didn't). Personally, I'm a little underwhelmed. There's nothing really there that hasn't been done before: tabs on top, check Opera (though Google have removed the OS chrome I guess so it takes up a bit less vertical space); one process per tab, check IE8; WebKit, check Safari; more useful address bar, check Firefox 3 & IE8 (I do think Google's implementation is a bit better, but seriously, is merging the search bar and address bar into one really that much of an innovation?)
Anyway, I'm not really here to talk about that (I'm just not a fan of technology hype... it's almost always overrated). I wanted to point out the default setting for how Chrome handles cookies:
Practically every other browser defaults to blocking third-party cookies -- third-party cookies are almost exclusively used for advertising after all. But notice the default in Chrome: "Allow all cookies". Where was is that Google gets all of their money again?
Also notice the second option: "Restrict how third party cookies can be used". Not "block third-party cookies," "restrict how third party cookies can be used." What does that even mean? If they meant "block 3rd party cookies," I'm sure that's what it would've said, but this option is just a little too vague for my liking.