Firefox added ad tracking and has already turned it on without asking you
Firefox added ad tracking and has already turned it on without asking you
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 featu...
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WTF... i thought this was just click bait but went to check on my phone as i am not at my PC right now
28 5 ReplyI'm on 128 on my phone. I just checked and both of those are disabled for me.
10 0 ReplySame
4 0 Replydouble same
5 0 ReplyTriple same.
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Idk what 128 is on a phone, but my galaxy s21 had everything still off. Guess I'll have to keep an eye on it
3 1 Replybuild number (version) of Firefox, which is the software in question.
"Galaxy S21" is the model name for a physical Samsung phone, which isn't relevant to the topic.
2 1 ReplyOh, heard that. I'm on 128 on my phone too and they were all disabled
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I'm on 128 on my phone and it was on for me, I definitely didn't turn those on myself. wtf.
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Just checked mine and it's all disabled
7 1 ReplyThese are old options. I checked these off long ago.
5 0 ReplyI'm using Mull.
6 2 ReplyIt was on for me too, wtf...
4 1 ReplyI'm using mull fork of Firefox which doesn't even have these settings, the tracking features are completely removed from the browser.
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2 0 ReplyI mostly see telemetry requests getting blocked in my firewall. Is there anything else I've missed?
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Mine was off, just checked.
3 1 ReplyUse Mull
3 1 ReplyHere's the info about it: https://mzl.la/3AcmG8q
1 0 ReplyI know, that's awful. I also turn it off. But that's actually different than the new feature mentioned in this post. This has existed for years already (I think)
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