• TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Can confirm. Noticed that stupid fucking opt-out setting after the last update and shook my fist at the sky. Do better Firefox, ffs.

  • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Heads up yall:

    By deselecting/disabling everything under Firefox Data Collection and Use it should also disable Website Advertising Preferences which is the Privacy-preserving attribution (PPA) as mentioned in the article


    That and I would honestly recommend installing Librewolf as an alternative browser (it’s Firefox but with privacy prioritized default settings)


    Installing as a Flatpak via Flathub

    sudo pacman -S flatpak
    flatpak install flathub io.gitlab.librewolf-community
    

    Installing on Arch Linux via Yay:

    ## Yay Install
    sudo pacman -S git
    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
    cd yay/
    makepkg -si
    
    ## Enter super user/or root password when prompted.
    
    ## Package installs with Yay
    yay -S librewolf-bin
    

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  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    In About:config you can find other more troublesome privacy issues

    Normandy

    User studies

    Crash reports (include URLs)

    Shopping partners

    Pocket api

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        3 months ago

        Make a user.js file and put it in your Mozilla profile config dir.

        It overrides the settings before launch, so if it was reenabled by remote setting updates, it will be kept disabled. (Do this for any setting you want to make persistent)

        extensions.pocket.enabled false

        • you can also delete any api URL to be sure it doesn’t call home.

        Mull does this by default.

  • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org
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    3 months ago

    Firefox ESR creates some safe distance between you and these “wonderful” new features that everybody “wants”.

    And plenty enough time for a user.js template to be tweaked accordingly.