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> A Trojan introduced in Firefox to track users' browsing behavior, history and so on, in order to provide this data to advertisers, which users are actively bl
by tzs 2y ago
> A Trojan introduced in Firefox to track users' browsing behavior, history and so on, in order to provide this data to advertisers, which users are actively blocking through extensions. A disaster.
If I've understood this correctly it only provides data if you (1) see an ad, and (2) later visit the advertiser's site. If you have an ad blocker that stops #1 then there shouldn't be any data if you later happen to visit the advertiser's site.
Also, the only information given to the advertiser is that you saw their ad before you visited their site.
- cuteboy19 2y agoSetting aside that blockers are not 100%, why is my user-agent working for someone else?
- bravetraveler 2y agoAlso setting aside that advertisers aren't the only ones doing tracking/data collection. They're acting where the financial interests are, that's it
- krageon 2y ago> it only provides data if No. This is not a good rationalisation, and you should not normalise it by using it. You're participating in the erosion of your own rights. Why would you do this?
- janice1999 2y agoMozilla are now capturing data on my behaviour without my consent (it's opt out), sending this data to a US based company (I'm in Europe) and that US based company is sending it to unknown advertisers and a universe of data brokers.