TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 11 days agoMozilla Firefox removes "Do Not Track" Feature support: Here's what it means for your Privacywindowsreport.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: technikhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.seprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mlfirefox@fedia.iofirefox@lemmy.mlfirefox@lemmy.world
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minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·11 days agoIt means nothing “do not track” never worked.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·11 days agoThat is exactly the reason for this change. It often didn’t work and probably makes you easier to fingerprint.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·11 days agoThe new thing is the same but worse.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 days ago This option is built on top of the Global Privacy Control (GPC). GPC is respected by increasing numbers of sites and enforced with legislation in some regions. Sounds like Mozilla at least think it’s better
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down19·11 days agoThe same Mozilla whose primary source of income is Google?
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down3·11 days agoAs opposed to… your generous donations?
minus-squareDon_alFornolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·11 days agoThat doesn’t absolve them. With the feature removed, websites can act like they didn’t even go against my wishes.
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 days agoThere’s nothing to “absolve.” Feature was worthless.
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoThey added another thingie that also doesn’t work instead!
It means nothing “do not track” never worked.
That is exactly the reason for this change. It often didn’t work and probably makes you easier to fingerprint.
The new thing is the same but worse.
Sounds like Mozilla at least think it’s better
The same Mozilla whose primary source of income is Google?
As opposed to… your generous donations?
That doesn’t absolve them.
With the feature removed, websites can act like they didn’t even go against my wishes.
There’s nothing to “absolve.” Feature was worthless.
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They added another thingie that also doesn’t work instead!