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Mozilla hit with privacy complaint over Firefox user tracking (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 month ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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STOCKHOLM, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority against Mozilla accusing the Firefox browser maker of tracking user behaviour on websites without consent.

NOYB (None Of Your Business), the digital rights group founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, said Mozilla has enabled a so-called “privacy preserving attribution” feature that turned the browser into a tracking tool for websites without directly telling its users.

Mozilla had defended the feature, saying it wanted to help websites understand how their ads perform without collecting data about individual people. By offering what it called a non-invasive alternative to cross-site tracking, it hoped to significantly reduce collecting individual information.

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[–] Nytefyre@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh the Firefox fanboys be downvoting. What's that now, guys? Do you think you're still better than Chrome/Google? Didn't think so!

Would've been a different story if Mozilla backpedaled and apologized by not allowing this to happen. But they're defending it, which means they INTENDED it. You've got nothing, fanboys.

Fuck Firefox.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Show 'em, that'll teach these nasty fanboys! Reads like writing that got you a big dopamine rush.

I agree, commenting "Use Firefox!!!1!11" on every post remotely related to (other) browsers doesn't help anybody, just like commenting "Use Linux!!!1!11" on every post about a vulnerability in Windows doesn't contribute anything meaningful at all.

Look, I also disagree with what Mozilla is doing here and yes, they 100% deserve the flak they are getting for it. But - like most things in life - it's not black and white. Firefox could still be less intrusive to your privacy than Chrome (I'm not saying it necessarily is, but it could be that way). A different example: your mail provider could track every time you login to your account, or it could analyze and track the content of every email you receive. One is clearly worse than the other, right?

Which browser(s) do you recommend/use?

[–] prosp3kt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The fair comparison here shouldn't be Chrome here, but Vivaldi or better yet, Brave. Which of the both are less evil? Firing a cancer employee or donating to prevent same-sex marriage?