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It's also a real shame they're doing this before Mozilla. Mozilla already has Tracking Protection but only for Private Windows. It's like Mozilla can't even em

by mtgx 9y ago

It's also a real shame they're doing this before Mozilla. Mozilla already has Tracking Protection but only for Private Windows. It's like Mozilla can't even embrace its privacy stance fully.

ianlevesque 9y ago
Like their entire revenue stream comes from search deals, who all depend on advertising.
flukus 9y ago
I didn't realize it was only activated in private windows. Now that you've made me notice I consider this misleading, on the settings page it says nothing about being private windows only.
- kbrosnan 9y ago
  It most certainly does say that this only applies to private windows, "Use Tracking Protection in Private Windows" [1]. If you want the always using tracking protection you can set privacy.trackingprotection.enabled to true in about:config or install the disconnect extension. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/settings-privacy-browsing-history-do-not-track https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/settings-privacy-browsi...
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whoami_nr 9y ago
You can enable Tracking Protection in Firefox for normal browsing windows in the settings->privacy tab
- infinityplus1 9y ago
  Does not appear for me. It's only for the private windows.
  - whoami_nr 9y ago
    Oh. I am sorry. True, it doesn't appear for normal windows. Anyway, as some other user suggested, visit "about:config" and change the privacy settings there.
    - Sammi 9y ago
      What key?
Vinnl 9y ago
In fact, Mozilla is working on that: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tracking-protection https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tracking-protectio... > We believe these additions will help us take the next step toward shipping Tracking Protection in Firefox beyond Private Browsing Mode. Look for that study in late 2017.
newscracker 9y ago
Not exactly the same, but there's Privacy Badger [1] from EFF that works on Firefox, Chrome and Opera. If you'd like to see a visualization of the tracking for your browsing habits, there's Lightbeam [2] from Mozilla. Both these have been around for a few years now. [1]: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://www.eff.org/privacybadger [2]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/lightbeam/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/lightbeam/

by mtgx 9y ago

It's also a real shame they're doing this before Mozilla. Mozilla already has Tracking Protection but only for Private Windows. It's like Mozilla can't even embrace its privacy stance fully.

ianlevesque 9y ago

Like their entire revenue stream comes from search deals, who all depend on advertising.

flukus 9y ago

I didn't realize it was only activated in private windows. Now that you've made me notice I consider this misleading, on the settings page it says nothing about being private windows only.

kbrosnan 9y ago
It most certainly does say that this only applies to private windows, "Use Tracking Protection in Private Windows" [1]. If you want the always using tracking protection you can set privacy.trackingprotection.enabled to true in about:config or install the disconnect extension. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/settings-privacy-browsing-history-do-not-track https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/settings-privacy-browsi...
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whoami_nr 9y ago

You can enable Tracking Protection in Firefox for normal browsing windows in the settings->privacy tab

infinityplus1 9y ago
Does not appear for me. It's only for the private windows.
- whoami_nr 9y ago
  Oh. I am sorry. True, it doesn't appear for normal windows. Anyway, as some other user suggested, visit "about:config" and change the privacy settings there.
  - Sammi 9y ago
    What key?

Vinnl 9y ago

In fact, Mozilla is working on that: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tracking-protection https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/tracking-protectio... > We believe these additions will help us take the next step toward shipping Tracking Protection in Firefox beyond Private Browsing Mode. Look for that study in late 2017.

newscracker 9y ago

Not exactly the same, but there's Privacy Badger [1] from EFF that works on Firefox, Chrome and Opera. If you'd like to see a visualization of the tracking for your browsing habits, there's Lightbeam [2] from Mozilla. Both these have been around for a few years now. [1]: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger https://www.eff.org/privacybadger [2]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/lightbeam/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/lightbeam/