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Google Chrome is no longer 'deprecating third-party cookies' (9to5google.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I doubt Firefox will deprecate third-party cookies is Chrome won't. And now Firefox has included literally ad tracking component into the browser and enabled it for all users by default.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Firefox's stance on privacy, like Apple's, is to some extent branding. Arguably it always was. You should still use Firefox (or any other third party browser) if it works for you. Ecosystem diversity matters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Firefox’s stance on privacy, like Apple’s, is to some extent branding

Some of the recently introduced Privacy related features -

Enhanced Tracking Protection
Total Cookies protection
Browser Fingerprint protection
DNS Over HTTPS support
Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) support
Continued Manifest v2 support
Copy URL without tracking parameter
Protection against redirect tracking
In-Built on-device translation

(Further options to harden Firefox via user.js or via about:config)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

... and they're tracking your searches, collecting massive amounts of telemetry, and using pocket that collects and sells your data.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

All of which can be disabled.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Care to share the proof that Mozilla sells user data to anyone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

We also share aggregated, non-personal data and related usage information, which does not contain any personal information which can identify you or any other individual user, with third parties, including content providers, website operators, advertisers and publishers.

https://getpocket.com/privacy#sharing

From the pocket privacy policy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Firefox has been blocking third-party cookies since 2019: https://venturebeat.com/business/firefox-enhanced-tracking-protection-blocks-third-party-cookies-by-default/

Apple has been blocking third-party cookies since 2020: https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/24/21192830/apple-safari-intelligent-tracking-privacy-full-third-party-cookie-blocking

It's only Chrome and its derivatives that don't do this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

facepalm it's not an "ad tracking component", it's a test of a new API that, if adopted, will let sites opt in to a much less invasive anonymized system for evaluating the effectiveness of their ads, instead of the current crazy amount of personal data they scrape. The data is anonymized in a double blind scheme, and it's already way less data than every ad is grabbing.