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makeasnek@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Firefox added ad tracking and has already turned it on without asking you

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Firefox added ad tracking and has already turned it on without asking you

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makeasnek@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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Attached: 1 image So this, from Firefox, is fucking toxic: https://mstdn.social/@Lokjo/112772496939724214 You might be aware Chrome— a browser made by an ad company— has been trying to claw back the limitations recently placed on ad networks by the death of third-party cookies, and added new features that gather and report data directly to ad networks. You'd know this because Chrome displayed a popup. If you're a Firefox user, what you probably don't know is Firefox added this feature and *has already turned it on without asking you*
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  • Nate Cox@programming.dev
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    Before you get really upset about this thread, you should read this other one: https://federate.social/@jik/112779924411100427

    I’m not thrilled about this by any means, but what Firefox is doing is not what chrome is doing (which is what the op posted thread is claiming). Conflating them serves no one.

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    Fun fact: For me (newest nightly in Germany) it’s not only unchecked, it’s also greyed out.

  • NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world
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    I’m gonna start my own browser, with blackjack, and hookers

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    But it says “without sending information about you”

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      Right riiight

      • tyler@programming.dev
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        https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attribution

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          That doesn’t sound bad at all!

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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            Yup, it’s basically what I’ve been pushing for and what I hoped Brave would do when they launched. We’re always going to have ads, and browsers are in a position to make those as privacy-friendly as possible. Give advertisers only as much as they need (total views and clicks, and related, aggregated data), not what they want (individual tracking, “engagement” metrics like mouse movements, etc).

            I’ll always hate ads, but I might be willing to disable my ad blocker if the ads respect my privacy and the content on the page is good.

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