Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
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Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#2Google: ...
Mozilla: How high?
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#3There's some good context in the Mozilla kb article on this feature: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attr...
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#4duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40965161
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#5This is why whenever I install firefox, I first turn off wifi. Then I go through the settings and disable the ‘studies’ and other telemetry, etc, before switching the wifi back on. That will prevent the having to wait 30 days for the data to be deleted from Mozilla servers with it’s ‘on by default’.
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#6duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40965161
There was an even earlier discussion with more comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40952330 (192 points | 2 days ago | 180 comments)
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#7So they're doing their own FLoC?
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#8I was looking at this when I upgraded and that setting does not need to be there. If it was off by default, no one would feel the need to locate that check box and enable it. So just turn it off, remove it from settings and yank the code.
The language is even rather vague and Mozilla seems to good a long way to avoid explaining that this is the alternative Google has designed for Chrome to replace tracking via third party cookies (Protected Audience API I believe). Now it is better than third party cookie, but having neither is best.
This does not need to be in Firefox.
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#9Tools > Settings > Privacy and Security > Website Advertising Preferences > Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement
Re: Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
#10Google: ... Mozilla: How high?
Mozilla: What is my purpose?
Google: You keep the antitrust division's fingers away from Chrome.
Mozilla: Ohmygod.