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

submitted 5 months ago by azdle@news.idlestate.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

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[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

In which version is this?

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[-] vhstape@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

Literally every browser has this option, and it gives users a choice. If you use an ad blocker, it has this option as well and has had it for several years now.

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[-] sudo@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago

There are people that use Firefox who also get served ads?

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