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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Is google corrupting Mozilla?
why are you doing this to me?!
well at least there are good forks for the browser out there. how long until they start going chrome route?
Feels like google realized that once normies realize how shiti they are, they will run for firefox which by then hopefully will be a properly gutted front end for an ad company.
now
No. This is a privacy-protecting option that gathers no additional information about you or your hardware.
The other link posted in reply is overblown fear-mongering from Mozilla's single biggest hater because they bought an ad company.
a privacy-protecting option that gathers no additional information about you or your hardware.
What information are they gathering then?
A single number per ad campaign of how many times an ad view resulted in a visit or purchase.
Mozilla's announcement about it explains it pretty well: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attribution
Then why aren't they putting it up front and shouting from the rooftops about the new "privacy protecting feature"?