> but the alleged crime is very common because IE's implementation of privacy controls is flawed
By my understanding (caveat: I've not read through the standards in any detail) IE's implementation is fine by the standard and the standard itself has problems which other browsers get around by breaking the standard.
I'm not usually one to give MS the benefit of the doubt but in this case Google does look to be the one at fault so while calling them out specifically and not mentioning Facebook and others my be disingenuous, it would appear that Google (and others) are using the loophole to perform tracking against the spirit of the standard.
By my understanding (caveat: I've not read through the standards in any detail) IE's implementation is fine by the standard and the standard itself has problems which other browsers get around by breaking the standard.
I'm not usually one to give MS the benefit of the doubt but in this case Google does look to be the one at fault so while calling them out specifically and not mentioning Facebook and others my be disingenuous, it would appear that Google (and others) are using the loophole to perform tracking against the spirit of the standard.