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PPA is an experimental feature that's only enabled on a small number of websites, and only for sites that have signed up for it. I suspect that it won't go anyw
by segasaturn 2y ago
PPA is an experimental feature that's only enabled on a small number of websites, and only for sites that have signed up for it. I suspect that it won't go anywhere and will be removed since any site that wants to show ads is going to prefer the more traditional, intrusive forms of tracking.
e: source https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attribution https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attr...
- autoexec 2y agoConsidering Mozilla has already paid for their new ad company I'm guessing that even if PPA/IPA fails, Mozilla will just move to something else. They've made it clear that they are committed to generating profit by collecting people's browsing habits and putting that data into the hands of advertisers.
- mossTechnician 2y agoThe smallness of the study makes it less private by its very nature. > Having [PPA] on by default both demands stronger privacy protections... but it also enables those stronger protections, because there are more people participating. In effect, people are hiding in a larger crowd.[0] There was also the fact that Mozilla later claimed no data was ever collected[1], which is a strange thing to say after claiming they were only collecting minimal data. Maybe everybody opted out? [0] https://github.com/mozilla/explainers/tree/main/ppa-experiment https://github.com/mozilla/explainers/tree/main/ppa-experime... [1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/002223/mozilla-hit-with-privacy-complaint-in-eu-over-firefox-tracking-tech https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/27/002223/mozilla-hit-...