BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 12 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-up146arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up137arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePseudorandomNoise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 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.
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.