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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by ropatrick@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

What is up with the amount of trackers in Ironfox? Way more than any other apps.

Surely this is not in keeping with their whole privacy vibe?

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[-] starblursd@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

What app is that you're using to monitor trackers?

[-] ropatrick@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago
[-] StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 13 points 3 days ago

Pretty sure they explicitly say that the app is not intended for use with browsers

[-] ropatrick@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It does have a warning but it doesn't explicitly say that any entries you see are from browsing. To me its a bit confusing that they say that, yet they display trackers for browsers the exact same way as they do for all apps. The display looks no different to any app that TC is monitoring.

It would possibly make sense to just display the warning and leave it at that, without displaying any trackers generated from browsing. The way TC works, people associate the list of trackers with the app they have clicked on. Even with the warning, the list of trackers will draw users towards that, as opposed to the warning. Its like a conditioning thing; click app, see trackers, click app, see trackers, click app, see trackers, click Ironfox, see a warning that it doesn't support browsers, but still see trackers...

Anyway, I had always wondered why there was a list of trackers even with the warning. Now I know. Thanks to y'all for the assist.

Edit: Also, as I discovered in another thread I started yesterday, even though it says browsers are not supported, it does block trackers. I had been unable to access the Mozilla add-on page for ages. Turns out that it was being blocked by TC and when I unblocked it, everything was fine.

[-] _Nemo_@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

It does say that, and yet I've been doing it for years without issue. You just need to know what you're doing, i.e. you need to be able to tell apart the connections that are required to make a site work from those that aren't needed and can be blocked without issue. If you don't, Tracker Control will break a lot of sites, and they probably don't want to deal with the resulting support requests.

But if you've been using NoScript for a while, you will feel right at home with TC and be able to use it with browsers as well, which is where a lot of tracking happens.

[-] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Use tracker blocking lists if they have them.

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