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- June 2024. Mozilla acquires Anonym, an ad metrics firm. - July 2024. Mozilla adds Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA), feature is enabled by default. Develo
by nuker 1y ago
- June 2024. Mozilla acquires Anonym, an ad metrics firm.
- July 2024. Mozilla adds Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA), feature is enabled by default. Developed in cooperation with Meta (Facebook).
- Feb 2025. Mozilla updates its Privacy FAQ and TOS. "does not sell data about you." becomes "... in the way that most people think about it".
- sorcercode 1y agoMozilla has had missteps for sure (like almost every other browser company). but the MVP is uBO (which Firefox still allows). Even if Firefox adds that in by default (which suck), uBO allows you to block outgoing traffic to these 3rd party sites.
- nuker 1y agoFirefox vs uBO is cat and mouse game. Cats always win. uBO creator, gorhill, should write his own, $10 one-time purchase, browser app, this will be the end game :)
- hypertexthero 1y agoHere’s how to disable PPA: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attribution#w_how-can-i-disable-ppa https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/privacy-preserving-attr...
- neobrain 1y agoAlso worth noting it's automatically disabled if telemetry ("Send technical and interaction data to Mozilla") is disabled. Though even without disabling it, PPA is currently in limited rollout and only visible to Mozilla websites in the first place, so it would hardly cause any harm for now. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2024/08/22/ppa-update/ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2024/08/22/ppa-update/
- nuker 1y ago> worth noting it's automatically disabled if telemetry ("Send technical and interaction data to Mozilla") is disabled When I was using FF, i noticed that updates often revert settings to default. What pissed me even more was that there is no clear "Disable auto updates" checkbox, I had to create policies.json file in Contents/Resources/distribution folder for that. This was hostile, I'd never win the battle with developers.
- CivBase 1y agoSorry, but I can't stand posts like this and they always come up in discussions about Firefox. If you have a better alternative than Firefox, please say so. Mozilla has many problems and has done bad stuff. Firefox is better than Chrome for most users. These are not mutually exclusive statements.
- nuker 1y agoIt is just facts. I use Safari with Wipr and iCloud Private Relay, better than FF if you have Apple devices.
- CivBase 1y agoThey're facts, but they aren't helpful on their own. The article is about convincing Chrome users to switch to Firefox. If all you do is criticize Mozilla - no matter how much they deserve it - then you are signalling to users that they should stay with Chrome. Despite Mozilla's many problems, I'm sure you'd agree that Google is even worse. An alternative to Firefox needs to be offered at the very least, or all you're doing is helping Google keep its iron grip on the web.
- nuker 1y agoI did offered alternative, Safari, didn't I? :) The trend Mozilla is going is clearly seen. these facts show the trend. That was the purpose of my post, to show the direction they have chosen. I do get the frustration of not having safe choice at the moment. People lash out because anyone critical of Firefox removes the last safe choice they had. Subconscious reaction is to attack the messenger, instead of realising the grim state of things. I'd suggest sticking to Apple at the moment, for the lack of better alternative. It has no skin in Ads game, it sells expenssive devices with pretty good privacy and security. Private Relay is big pain in the ass for Google and Facebook, btw.
- glenstein 1y agoWhat do you recommend to non-Apple users?