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What if, and this is crazy I know, you needed an explicit action to track me instead of relying on users not knowing such a thing exists to avoid.
by Ntrails 12y ago
What if, and this is crazy I know, you needed an explicit action to track me instead of relying on users not knowing such a thing exists to avoid.
- nnethercote 12y agoYou're going to love Firefox's new Tracking Protection feature, which is currently under development: http://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2014/11/12/quantifying-the-effects-of-firefoxs-tracking-protection/ http://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2014/11/12/quantifying-t... It allows you to block things coming from known tracking domains, giving better privacy and faster page loads on many sites.
- FeeTinesAMady 12y agoWhy would anyone need that when there's ghostery and noscript? Furthermore, what benefits does that feature have over ghostery? Seems like ghostery blocks more than that feature does, which makes it seem like that's a waste of effort. I suppose it might have some use if it's actually on by default, but they haven't stated that it will be, and if it isn't on by default, then anyone who would know to turn it out would be able to install ghostery anyway.
- Yoric 12y agoWell, for one thing, Ghostery is veeeeery slow (or was last time I checked). For a second thing, what makes you think that it's going to block less than Ghostery?
- mythmon_ 12y agoThe benefit is that this is built in to the browser, meaning more users will use it. If you want the extra protection of Ghostery, then by all means, go for it. This is easier for other users.
- aranjedeath 12y agoIs this what will replace (as a meta-solution, it appears) the backed-out third party cookie blocking stuff?
- wodenokoto 12y agoWell, if that is the case, then you would be tracked. Read the parent comment.