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Firefox added ad tracking and has already turned it on without asking you (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Here's the page about it:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attribution

Read that instead of someones rant about it, which imo seems a bit obtuse.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    This sounds fine, I've no problem emitting telemetry as long as it is 100% anonymous and can't be traced to individuals

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Well I do have a problem with that. Since we don't see eye to eye, dont you agree then that it should have been opt in instead of a hidden opt out?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Let's be honest, opt in telemetry features will collect so little data they might es well not exist.

    Considering that ot is supposed to reduce user tracking by tracking ads directly, it's a net gain for everyone.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Same, although I have lingering paranoia that any data recorded by this might be traced back to me by making inferences when combined with other data; however, unlike the OOP, I will say I don't really know what I'm talking about.

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