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Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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They could ask me how I use their site, instead of giving the data about every step I do to 3rd parties.

People that respond to such questions surely are a very biased sample of the overall user base.

So let's make more people respond to such questions. The answer is not to say "it's biased" but to fix the core issue.

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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I would love to switch to safari. What do you use for ad-blocking?

UBlock Origin supports Safari: https://safari-extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.el1t.uBl...

I didn’t realize unlock origin works on safari. This is very helpful. Thanks!

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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I like these updates just as much as everyone else, but I can't help but think they seem a little bit like biting the hand that feeds you. What will they do when Google decides against renewing their Firefox search contract? Mozilla is highly dependent on the hundreds of million of dollars this contract provides. The politics of this situation are interesting for sure.

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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It is funny how my browser preferences has changed over last 5 years. 2014 me as a developer had Chrome as number 1 browser for both development and all rest. Firefox once a month just to check cross browser compatibility. And Safari was just installed without me using it. 2019 me uses Safari for everything except development. Excellent power consumption and UX. Firefox for development. And lastly Chrome for all web…

Google meet works in firefox (at least dev edition).

It works, just not well in my experience. Meet is about the only thing I still use Chromium for.

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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I've dumped Chrome altogether since FF 67 was released. My only gripe is they still aren't blocking ALL ads, but regardless it's a way better user experience now than it ever was. Firefox 67 feels like a whole new beast compared to their older versions. If you haven't tried FF for a while I recommend doing so and I suggest trying it across multiple devices. The tab management, syncing, pinning and sending etc. across…

They can't and likely won't ever block ALL ads because they are funded through a search contract with Google. The whole point of that contract is to drive ad revenue.

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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Please tell me I'm misunderstanding something! By enabling by default the blocking of those third party scripts: https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/blocked This Wil have three consequences: Many websites will partially break? Which ones? webmaster will lack many data necessary to understand what users do on their platform, where they missclick, what they don't use etc, thus diminishing the ability of webmasters…

Webmasters should have thought of that before littering their website with hundreds of off-site scripts and packaging all data and behavior and sending it off to dozens of tracking companies.

"great products". Yeah, websites used to be much, much better before loading every bit of text with a remote javascript.

Here's a behavioral data point: Go back to making good websites and stop leaking private data everywhere. That's a great product.

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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It is funny how my browser preferences has changed over last 5 years. 2014 me as a developer had Chrome as number 1 browser for both development and all rest. Firefox once a month just to check cross browser compatibility. And Safari was just installed without me using it. 2019 me uses Safari for everything except development. Excellent power consumption and UX. Firefox for development. And lastly Chrome for all web…

It’s nice to see a bit of Safari love around here. Some sites occasionally break, but I really like the macOS/iOS integrations. SMS code autofill on desktop Safari (via Mac iPhone communication) is pretty awesome.

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of MFA?

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

#108

I like these updates just as much as everyone else, but I can't help but think they seem a little bit like biting the hand that feeds you. What will they do when Google decides against renewing their Firefox search contract? Mozilla is highly dependent on the hundreds of million of dollars this contract provides. The politics of this situation are interesting for sure.

Mozilla's #1 priority is not to piss off Google, so I'm sure there was a conversation before this happened. Besides, when it comes to money, Google profits many times over whatever payout they give Mozilla.

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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I'm an existing Firefox user. Is there a short list of settings to check to make sure this "Enhanced Tracking Protection" is enabled? In short, I'm looking for a list of instructions: go to Options > Privacy and Security > Content Blocking > make sure cookies is set to at least "All third party cookies...".

A good way to get all these settings is to generate a profile with this tool: https://ffprofile.com/

Re: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

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post #107
post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s nice to see a bit of Safari love around here. Some sites occasionally break, but I really like the macOS/iOS integrations. SMS code autofill on desktop Safari (via Mac iPhone communication) is pretty awesome.

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of MFA?

If they already have your phone, you're already pwned.
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