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Mozilla Firefox removes "Do Not Track" Feature support: Here's what it means for your Privacy

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    • Mozilla Firefox removes "Do Not Track" Feature support: Here's what it means for your Privacy

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  • I think the article made a typo that claims GPC is the same as DNT.

    When you enable the feature, the GPC sends a signal... This signal is sent via a special HTTP header called DNT: 1 (Do Not Track)

    But the GPC spec does say it sends a new signal: Another header (like DNT) and a JavaScript variable the client would set. I don't see why this couldn't be used for tracking too.

    A user agent MUST generate a Sec-GPC header

    So if it generates a header, it can still be used for fingerprinting, but this header is actually less restrictive for what the receiver must do.

    DNT was "do not track," and GPC is "do not sell:

    GPC is also not intended to limit a first party’s use of personal information within the first-party context (such as a publisher targeting ads to a user on its website based on that user’s previous activity on that same site).

    • Have you done tests to see if sites or places you send information to can view them?

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  • Original research, good questions being asked... Gets downvoted. I'm kind of curious what caused that for a post like this of all things... Maybe this is why Reddit has a displayed vote floor of zero.

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    • How can I see a list of all accessible chrome:// URLs in Firefox

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    • Mozilla's New Brand Logo is Here: Time For a Trip Down Memory Lane!

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  • That's an interesting detail!

    I'm not surprised this tagging system is imperfect, but in a broader context -- that a company like Google probably has something a hundred times more powerful and more accurate, and it's scanning through people's whole photo libraries, really adds to their creepy factor.

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  • Well, was the picture at least taken on a Xiaomi? Or is the AI hallucinating metadata now too

    • Firefox Android has a new stupid menu

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    • Firefox Android has a new stupid menu

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    • Firefox Android has a new stupid menu

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    • Does anyone else use the bookmarks bar as a to-do list?

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    • Firefox introduces AI as experimental feature

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    • Firefox introduces AI as experimental feature

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    • Firefox introduces AI as experimental feature

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    • Firefox introduces AI as experimental feature

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    • Firefox introduces AI as experimental feature

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    • Firefox introduces AI as experimental feature

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    • Magic Lasso suggests that Chrome might be the new IE

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    • Mozilla removes uBlock Origin Lite from Addon store. Developer stops developing Lite for Firefox; "it's worrisome what could happen to uBO in the future."

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