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I'm really liking what Firefox is doing around Private Browsing and FF57 has brought me back to Firefox as my primary browser. With the amount of tracking goin

I'm really liking what Firefox is doing around Private Browsing and FF57 has brought me back to Firefox as my primary browser. With the amount of tracking going on these days, a FF Private window is literally the only way I'll sign into either Facebook or Twitter. I wish they would also enable Tracking Protection and Do Not Track by default on non-Private browsing as well, but that was an easy enough change for me to make.

chiefofgxbxl 9y ago
I know at least with Do Not Track, advertising companies were asserting that if a browser had activated it by default for the user, then the user showed no intent on blocking the tracking; it was a decision made for them by the browser, and thus couldn't be interpreted as the user's wish to not be tracked. Same argument can be made about Private Browsing and Tracking Protection. Perhaps Firefox should display a "privacy start screen" the first few times the browser is launched after downloading it, explaining the features to the user, and allowing them to opt-in on their own decision? For things like DNT or Tracking Protection, I imagine most common users do not know about these things so the usage rate is much lower than it "should be". Fun fact: in Firefox you can actually turn Tracking Protection on to use it all the time, not just when you're in Private Browsing mode: Options > Privacy & Security > Tracking Protection > Always
- ajnin 9y ago
  Using private browsing is definitely intentional, it's activated by the user and not a default setting; besides it's actively preventing tracking from taking place, it's not politely asking if advertisers would be so kind as not do what they exist to do as DNT was naively attempting.
Vinnl 9y ago
Have you tried multi-account containers? That allows you to separate your Facebook/Twitter login from all your other sessions, but remember it on their own sites so you don't have to log in every time: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...

chiefofgxbxl 9y ago

I know at least with Do Not Track, advertising companies were asserting that if a browser had activated it by default for the user, then the user showed no intent on blocking the tracking; it was a decision made for them by the browser, and thus couldn't be interpreted as the user's wish to not be tracked. Same argument can be made about Private Browsing and Tracking Protection. Perhaps Firefox should display a "privacy start screen" the first few times the browser is launched after downloading it, explaining the features to the user, and allowing them to opt-in on their own decision? For things like DNT or Tracking Protection, I imagine most common users do not know about these things so the usage rate is much lower than it "should be". Fun fact: in Firefox you can actually turn Tracking Protection on to use it all the time, not just when you're in Private Browsing mode: Options > Privacy & Security > Tracking Protection > Always

ajnin 9y ago
Using private browsing is definitely intentional, it's activated by the user and not a default setting; besides it's actively preventing tracking from taking place, it's not politely asking if advertisers would be so kind as not do what they exist to do as DNT was naively attempting.

Vinnl 9y ago

Have you tried multi-account containers? That allows you to separate your Facebook/Twitter login from all your other sessions, but remember it on their own sites so you don't have to log in every time: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...