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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 06:03:18 JST Electronic Frontier Foundation

   Mozilla’s system only measures the success rate of ads—it doesn’t help companies target those ads—and it’s less susceptible to abuse, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @FastCompany. “It’s much more privacy-preserving than Google’s version of the same feature.” https://www.fastcompany.com/91167564/mozilla-wants-you-to-love-firefox-again

   • Saurabh Wanivadekar (awkwardchips@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 06:07:53 JST Saurabh Wanivadekar

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     @eff they could’ve handled this so much better by just putting a checkbox in the window that pops up after an upgrade saying, “Enable this feature so that we can get rid of tracking cookies altogether”

   • Darwin Woodka (darwinwoodka@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 06:36:11 JST Darwin Woodka

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     @eff @FastCompany

     I don't wanna look at anyone's ads tho

   • el_haych2024 (el_haych2024@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 08:03:13 JST el_haych2024

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     @eff @FastCompany a goat is still a goat even if you put it in a tuxedo

   • excited for the mastodon rise (qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 09:14:22 JST excited for the mastodon rise

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     @eff I still love firefox

   • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 10:45:44 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     @eff @FastCompany

   • ladyerrant (ladyerrant@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 12:37:14 JST ladyerrant

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     @eff @FastCompany What the fuck is wrong with you!? Every damn penny I ever donated to you all has been a waste if this is the kind of hot trash you support.

   • local area ian :yikes: (ecn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 14:20:52 JST local area ian :yikes:

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     @eff read the room

   • neonharbinger (neonharbinger@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 08-Aug-2024 18:44:57 JST neonharbinger

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     @eff @FastCompany Defaulting to opt-out will always be poor form with features like these. Everyone knows it, deep down. It was inappropriate, and leaders in Mozilla have been unwilling to listen *sincerely* to complaints. (Case in point here on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@neonharbinger/112785168217396831) Mozilla clearly think it's the users who are in the wrong, who should expect their consent to be assumed when Mozilla thinks they should consent.