must be a joke since this link gets eaten by privacy badger. Full of trackers. edit: originally referred to blog.mozilla.com
Yep, both google-analytics and doubleclick on blog.mozilla.com
Latest Firefox Brings Privacy Protections Front and Center
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
I looked up some DevOps stuff on reddit through a proxy with adblockers in private mode and all of a sudden my front page was filled with posts about depression, men asking advice about how to talk to women, and advice about getting a job and moving out of your parents house. These were based on sessions cookies, but I was still kinda offended it pegged me as a sad loser just because I wanted to know more about NGINX…
There is almost no action you can take on Youtube without it recommending a deluge of god-awful 'user generated content' videos on these topics. The only solution is to frequently right click and select "Not Interested" and then "Not interested in the channel: [channel name]". The recs are poor enough that I don't mind blanket-banning an entire channel from my feed. Youtubers so frequently "compete" by using clickbai…
> The only solution is to frequently right click and select "Not Interested" and then "Not interested in the channel: [channel name]".
This has never worked for me. I've tested this while signed in without blocking anything - "not interested in this channel" has never once caused a channel to not be recommended to me.
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#143The downside of all of this is that I feel like sites are now intentionally being designed to break if this kind of stuff is blocked. I used to be able to use Firefox Focus (which has tracking protection built-in) to pay most of my bills. This was convenient because I would just open up the one site in FFF, pay the bill, and then close it, with all browsing history automatically deleted. In the past month about 3 of…
You can take a small action in support of privacy by complaining to your utility or your ISP that the website is not working in your browser.
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#144Still wonder why they have multiple backdoor into their own browser and several layers of analytics included. Including when you start the browser for the first time. Feels hypocritical.
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are those technical reasons?
JavaScript engine optimization Devtools Every benchmark: https://arewefastyet.com/linux64/overview?numDays=365 Anecdotally, Firefox uses a lot more CPU, memory, and battery. Makes sense since the JS engine is so much worse. In this era the browser is just a VM for JavaScript.
Eyeballing the last 365 days Firefox does very well. If you look at previous year, not so much. Firefox has overall pulled ahead I'd say.
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#146Honestly its getting out of hand. I have everything blocked I can think of [1], and even browsing in private mode, I still sometimes get the "recommended for you" on YouTube. Stop invading my privacy. [1] https://cup.github.io/rosso/youtube
I've got a plugin[1] that allows me to use youtube links. It uses invidious[2], which seems to help avoid that kind of concern.
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#147Honestly its getting out of hand. I have everything blocked I can think of [1], and even browsing in private mode, I still sometimes get the "recommended for you" on YouTube. Stop invading my privacy. [1] https://cup.github.io/rosso/youtube
They're probably just examining your HTTP requests:
> Even if you opt out of Ads Personalization, you may still see ads based on factors such as your general location derived from your IP address, your browser type, and your search terms.
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#148The downside of all of this is that I feel like sites are now intentionally being designed to break if this kind of stuff is blocked. I used to be able to use Firefox Focus (which has tracking protection built-in) to pay most of my bills. This was convenient because I would just open up the one site in FFF, pay the bill, and then close it, with all browsing history automatically deleted. In the past month about 3 of…
Definitely complain to the site: an email saying that the site allows possible exploits might get somebody's attention.
But if I still need to allow/use the site, I use containers. Hopefully this gives me some security.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t think Firefox will get into complete built-in ad blocking, like Brave does. But the days (or years) of uBlock Origin seem to be numbered because of the approach proposed by Chrome (called Manifest V3) to prevent extensions from modifying network requests, and being limited to just providing a block list of URLs for the browser engine to block (this design has been the case with Safari’s built-in content block…
> But the days (or years) of uBlock Origin seem to be numbered because of the approach proposed by Chrome (called Manifest V3) to prevent extensions from modifying network requests Numbered on Chrome, you mean.
Exactly. The only thing I use Chrome for is Google stuff (GSuite, some YouTube). Everything else: firefox.
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#150Meanwhile, Firefox won't selectively delete hundreds of cookies, despite all the options indicating that it would be possible. Instead, it hangs and fails to delete selected cookies.
But it also doesn't delete my passwords, like Chrome does every single damn update I think. It's been an issue for 10 years. [And don't start with me about lastpass, etc. ...]