BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 15 hours agoFirefox is getting rid of its 'Do Not Track' setting and what it's being replaced with is a bit of a bait and switch for privacy concernswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkFirefox is getting rid of its 'Do Not Track' setting and what it's being replaced with is a bit of a bait and switch for privacy concernswww.pcgamer.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePseudorandomNoise@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·14 hours agoOnce Microsoft enabled it by default in IE/Edge that was the end of it. The whole point was to be an opt-in. Ironically it was also used as another data point for fingerprinting users. It was a nice idea in theory but it just wasn’t gonna work.
Once Microsoft enabled it by default in IE/Edge that was the end of it. The whole point was to be an opt-in.
Ironically it was also used as another data point for fingerprinting users. It was a nice idea in theory but it just wasn’t gonna work.