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

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

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[–] JohnOliver@feddit.dk 20 points 2 months ago (7 children)

WTF... i thought this was just click bait but went to check on my phone as i am not at my PC right now

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 points 2 months ago

I'm using Mull.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Just checked mine and it's all disabled

[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm using mull fork of Firefox which doesn't even have these settings, the tracking features are completely removed from the browser.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

It was on for me too, wtf...

[–] khorak@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Mine was off, just checked.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Use Mull

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

I know, that's awful. I also turn it off. But that's actually different than the new feature mentioned in this post. This has existed for years already (I think)