Security News > 2022 > November > Google to Roll Out Privacy Sandbox Beta on Android 13 by Early 2023

Internet behemoth Google on Tuesday said it plans to roll out Privacy Sandbox for Android in beta to mobile devices running Android 13 starting early next year.

"The Privacy Sandbox Beta will be available for ad tech and app developers who wish to test the ads-related APIs as part of their solutions," the company said.

Organizations can also request access for a limited number of devices to test the Beta, plus register any apps which will utilize the Privacy Sandbox APIs.

Privacy Sandbox is an effort led by Google to create a set of web standards for websites to access user information without compromising on privacy.

To complicate matters further, the proposals have drawn criticism from rival browser vendors like Mozilla Firefox and developers of other Chromium-based browsers such as Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi, who have said the newer methods would cement "Google's position as a web monopolist."

DuckDuckGo, which blocks Privacy Sandbox through its Chrome browser extension as of May 2022, said Topics allows Google to surveil users' online activities and share that information with advertisers for behavioral targeting without their consent.

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