LXer: Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6R2FY)
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Privacy activist group noyb has filed a complaint against Mozilla over a "Privacy Preserving Attribution" feature that was quietly enabled in the Firefox browser following a July update. "Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites," noyb stated this morning. Worse: "Mozilla decided to turn it on by default once people installed a recent software update."
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Privacy activist group noyb has filed a complaint against Mozilla over a "Privacy Preserving Attribution" feature that was quietly enabled in the Firefox browser following a July update. "Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites," noyb stated this morning. Worse: "Mozilla decided to turn it on by default once people installed a recent software update."
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