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Unclear from this article is how they determine what is a "tracker"? I assume there'll be a curated block list, maybe based on anonymously collected data. But t
by skywhopper 8y ago
Unclear from this article is how they determine what is a "tracker"? I assume there'll be a curated block list, maybe based on anonymously collected data. But that detail is key to whether this is a success or not.
- kevsim 8y agoYeah, I'm left wondering the same thing. Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention (version 2 of which will ship in Safari/iOS 12 in September[0]) uses some sort of ML-based solution to decide what is and what is not a tracker, blocks cookies from being sent to domains that haven't been visited in a first party context, and has an explicit way for the user to opt-in to cookies being sent upon interaction in an iframe (e.g. the FB "like" button). Unclear how this Mozilla version stacks up. 0: https://webkit.org/blog/8311/intelligent-tracking-prevention-2-0/ https://webkit.org/blog/8311/intelligent-tracking-prevention...
- nickvanhoog 8y agoFunny thought: Does ITP use ML to determine that googleadservices.com is a "prevalent" domain?
- Vinnl 8y agoPresumably they're using the same mechanism as today, but just enabling it by default. That means it's based on the Disconnect.me blacklist: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection#w_block-lists-in-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection#w_b...