Earlier today, Microsoft accused Google of manipulating Internet Explorer’s default privacy restrictions in order to “bypass user preferences about cookies.” Google’s just responded with a lengthy rebuttal, arguing that Microsoft’s P3P cookie technology is “widely non-operational,” and that the issue has been around since 2002. The response also points to other offenders, citing a 2010 Carnegie Mellon research paper that says over 11,000 websites don’t use valid P3P policies.

Google’s also specifically bringing Facebook and Amazon into the fracas, citing their similar use of the P3P bypass. Google references Facebook’s policy on P3P cookies, and says that it and other websites have been open about their approach. Both Facebook and Google…

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