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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*
  • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This doesn’t add any extra tracking, in fact it’s intent is to make interacting with advertising more anonymous from a user perspective (click that learn more button).

    On top of that, the author says “…or switching to a more privacy-conscious browser such as Google Chrome”, which pretty much invalidates everything they have to say.

  • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Huge misrepresentation of the facts.

    Mozilla is creating an anonymous way to tell advertisers that someone saw x ads for product y after buying product y so that they can tell if the ads worked without tracking you.

      • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Its impression tracking, not user tracking and its forced anonymous by design. There’s a few gigantic differences.

        And they’re doing it to try and find a better way for advertisers to get some information without having to track everything you do (what happens now)

          • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            As a user, if this replaces active tracking of your browsing, is that better for you?

            Do you need your privacy from web tracking?

            Or do you currently love having Google track everything you do?

              • ArbiterXero@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                1 year ago

                The world where I read the release notes.

                Ask yourself the same question?

                How is tracking better than a counter?

                Currently they’re tracking everything you do. Mozilla thinks they should only get a counter.

                Which of those is better?