Settings> Privacy> Website Privacy Preferences> Tell websites not to sell or share my data
Legally binding in California, Colorado, maybe EU and more.
Right click links now provides “Copy Link Without Site Tracking”
Fingerprinting Protection in the Canvas API when you’re in a private window, or you set Enhanced Tracking Protection to Strict.
#1 might be a crapshoot in some cases because it, like the “do not track me” flag, can increase the fingerprinting information for a website outside of California or Colorado.
There are two more privacy settings that are being changed exclusively for German users, but people worldwide can turn those on now:
URL [parameter] Tracking Protection in private windows
Cookie banner blocking in private windows
Both of these sound like good ideas in theory, but After thinking about it for a bit, it also makes different users in different situations easier to profile. Assuming people keep the defaults, isn’t this a way that it would be easier to identify a German user in incognito mode?
Thanks for the comprehensive write-up. It convinced me to migrate back to Firefox.
I was on Firefox (8 years ago), moved to Chrome (I liked the non-admin/transparent update feature and Websites didn’t break like they did with ff), then moved to brave (basically chrome + more privacy), and now I’ll go back the Firefox (I hope I won’t encounter too many non-FF websites)
If you’re interested in Firefox with privacy out of the box, LibreWolf is pretty good too. It enhances Firefox kind of like how Brave enhances Chrome, but it doesn’t add any surprise features like wallpaper ads, cryptocurrency stuff, etc.
I expect to have some website compatibility issues with Firefox/librewolf, as it does have a 3% share of the global browser market - so, website development energy is focused on the chrome/safari experience. However, 8+ years ago I felt I needed to use chrome at least every other day to view certain websites - it was frustrating.
I’m hoping (and willing to try it out) to see if this has improved.
If you want to non ff sites to work on ff you can just spoof tour user agent. 90% of non ff sites actually work. Some use web usb and bluetooth stuff that doesnt work on ff.
Legally binding in California, Colorado, maybe EU and more.
#1 might be a crapshoot in some cases because it, like the “do not track me” flag, can increase the fingerprinting information for a website outside of California or Colorado.
There are two more privacy settings that are being changed exclusively for German users, but people worldwide can turn those on now:
Both of these sound like good ideas in theory, but After thinking about it for a bit, it also makes different users in different situations easier to profile. Assuming people keep the defaults, isn’t this a way that it would be easier to identify a German user in incognito mode?
Thanks for the comprehensive write-up. It convinced me to migrate back to Firefox.
I was on Firefox (8 years ago), moved to Chrome (I liked the non-admin/transparent update feature and Websites didn’t break like they did with ff), then moved to brave (basically chrome + more privacy), and now I’ll go back the Firefox (I hope I won’t encounter too many non-FF websites)
If you’re interested in Firefox with privacy out of the box, LibreWolf is pretty good too. It enhances Firefox kind of like how Brave enhances Chrome, but it doesn’t add any surprise features like wallpaper ads, cryptocurrency stuff, etc.
Neato, I’ll check it out. I’m also trying out mull for android (as I’d like to keep my desktop/cellphone bookmarks/browser-history in sync)
I think the Firefox accounts are disabled out of the box, but you can turn them back on in the settings.
The only issue is some websites don’t like to load in Librewolf. Windy.tv for example. I’ve never had any serious browser issues in Firefox lately.
I expect to have some website compatibility issues with Firefox/librewolf, as it does have a 3% share of the global browser market - so, website development energy is focused on the chrome/safari experience. However, 8+ years ago I felt I needed to use chrome at least every other day to view certain websites - it was frustrating.
I’m hoping (and willing to try it out) to see if this has improved.
If you want to non ff sites to work on ff you can just spoof tour user agent. 90% of non ff sites actually work. Some use web usb and bluetooth stuff that doesnt work on ff.
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I always use do not track. If they fingerprint me with that, they are explicitly disregarding it. It obviously gives moral superiority.