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swap_019@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Firefox tracks you with “privacy preserving” feature

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Firefox tracks you with “privacy preserving” feature

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swap_019@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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noyb filed a complaint against Mozilla for quietly enabling a supposed “privacy feature” (called Privacy Preserving Attribution) in its Firefox browser which tracks user behaviour on websites.
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    9 months ago

    This feature, while turned on by default, can be toggled off in the settings menu.

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      9 months ago

      Where is it tho, can’t seem to find it.

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        https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attribution?as=u&utm_source=inproduct#w_how-can-i-disable-ppa

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        Under the Privacy settings, scroll down to the Website Advertising Preferences section. It’s the only setting in that section.

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      Its also non-functional if you use an adblocker, so it doesnt affect anybody here

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