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[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Using "them" instead of being precise, leaves who the party tracking you is up to the imagination of the reader, which in turn just makes it sound paranoid.

How did the Firefox devs come up with "let's not ask our users where they are, and just track them without asking them first."?

[-] Jack@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Between 2019 and 2023, Waterfox was owned by advertising company System1.

So be careful of Waterfox if you agree more with Bill Hicks when it comes to advertising.

[-] Dhar@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 months ago

Waterfox bypassed my ad blocking DNS and served me ads. I uninstalled it, not gonna try it again until they get serious about privacy.

[-] angband@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

they're doing that with dns over https, which is secured against your attempts to avoid corporate tracking. look for a doh blocklist.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

Good they disabled that diabolical feature.

[-] VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu 8 points 4 months ago

Sounds like I placed might eggs in the correct basket for once.

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

6.6.6

Triple six. The evil fork of Firefox (ad-provider owned, etc).

[-] Sunshine@piefed.ca -3 points 4 months ago
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