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Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%

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Re: Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%

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post #216

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They demand attention I don't want to give. They track my browsing and take information about me without my consent. They try to run code on my computer without even asking permission. No thankyou.

They obtained your permission to run code when you directed your web browser to load the page.

Of course they didn't. I requested a document from them, they obligingly sent it. It's entirely up to me how (or even if) I render I it.

Re: Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%

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post #222

Any modification of content by browser, ISP or any third party should be illegal.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/21/mozilla-will-soon-launch-sp...

Mozilla is going to remove ads (tracking - all ads use tracking) from web pages and display ads before that, in new browser window.

Content publishers recieve nothing, cos they have to work for free. This is Internet - it's free.

nice :)

Re: Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%

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>What is your suggestion, that they should abandon all analytics Ideally, yes. Or at the very least don't use Google for it. Use something like Pwiki instead. Or perhaps try actually allowing your users to decide what if any information they feel comfortable sharing with you. There are other non-profits like the Wikimedia Foundation and the Internet Archive whose websites still somehow manage to function despite not…

uBlock blocks Piwik, self-hosted or not.

Yep, and the easiest way to fix this is something like: @@||piwik-domain.tld^

Re: Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%

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post #167

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Well, for one, they could fingerprint your browser: https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Is that really done to any real extent? The majority of users will have a standard configuration anyway.

Follow the link if you haven't already. You'd be surprised how unique the "standard configuration" is. For example, my desktop PC with a fresh install of Firefox is unique among the data that site has collected.
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