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Firefox added ad tracking and has already turned it on without asking you (mastodon.social)

submitted 2 years ago by azdle@news.idlestate.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 249 points 2 years ago

...... I don't know of this is satire or not.

There is now a feature labeled "Privacy-preserving ad measurement" near the bottom of your Firefox Privacy settings. I recommend turning it off, or switching to a more privacy-conscious browser such as Google Chrome.

[-] azdle@news.idlestate.org 102 points 2 years ago

Definitely satire, the context from earlier:

Firefox is worse than Chrome in their implementation of ad snitching, because Chrome enables it only after user consent.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 53 points 2 years ago

I mean, have you met people? They could be completely serious when posting that lol.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 43 points 2 years ago

I mean, have you met people?

I mean... I try not to

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

Same same. Also for like the same reason.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

People. What a bunch of bastards

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

How is that obviously satire?

[-] azdle@news.idlestate.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

[edit: To be clear, I assume the part that OP is not sure if it's satire or not is "or switching to a more privacy-conscious browser such as Google Chrome."] The emphasis in

Firefox is worse than Chrome

is in the original. To me that clearly implies that they are of the opinion that in general Google & Chrome are worse on privacy than Mozilla & Firefox. The comment at the end is just tongue in cheek snark alluding to the fact that in this particular case google did better for privacy in Chrome than Mozilla in Firefox.

or switching to a more privacy-conscious browser such as Google Chrome.

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago

The fact that both me and you are questioning whether this is satire or not worries me greatly.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

The updates don't sound like satire. Some of this is crazypantsrants

[-] Montagge@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 years ago

Absolute clown shoes

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