BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 15 days agoFirefox is getting rid of its 'Do Not Track' setting and what it's being replaced with is a bit of a bait and switch for privacy concernswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkFirefox is getting rid of its 'Do Not Track' setting and what it's being replaced with is a bit of a bait and switch for privacy concernswww.pcgamer.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareramsorge@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·15 days agoNot like any website ever took that “request” seriously.
minus-squarePseudorandomNoise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·15 days agoOnce Microsoft enabled it by default in IE/Edge that was the end of it. The whole point was to be an opt-in. Ironically it was also used as another data point for fingerprinting users. It was a nice idea in theory but it just wasn’t gonna work.
Not like any website ever took that “request” seriously.
Once Microsoft enabled it by default in IE/Edge that was the end of it. The whole point was to be an opt-in.
Ironically it was also used as another data point for fingerprinting users. It was a nice idea in theory but it just wasn’t gonna work.