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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 21:03:19 JST Ars Technica

   Firefox, one of the first “Do Not Track” supporters, no longer offers it
   A brief history of the privacy you never really got.
   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/firefox-one-of-the-first-do-not-track-supporters-no-longer-offers-it/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Bandersnatch (bandersnatch@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 21:24:31 JST Bandersnatch

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     @arstechnica

     My current solution is blocking all trackers, ad networks and known bad actors including all of Facebook) at the edge of my network via the very robust MVP HOSTS file.

     https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

   • Ugh! What a Day! (mediocre_mik@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 22:44:25 JST Ugh! What a Day!

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     @arstechnica Nice potted history of the DNT feature, thanks!

     If this is being switched off in favour of a successor that's better, then that's actually fine isn't it? But what is the successor? Fingerprint blocking?

   • crazyeddie (crazyeddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:43:42 JST crazyeddie

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     @arstechnica I'm not sure why this and the Evil Bit never took off. Seems way easier than this stupid arms race we're in with malicious software developers.

   • sadele2 (sadele2@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 23:46:36 JST sadele2

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     @arstechnica

     This article linked below from Mozilla 2 weeks ago: 'Enhanced Tracking Protection in Firefox for desktop'

     I haven't double checked most things in the article, but have noticed that since the latest 2 updates "Copy without site tracking" which they promote doesn't work on a lot of sites incl Mastodon website on FF desktop. (maybe b/c all the links to outside content?)

     "Copy without site tracking" was available for link below:

     https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?as=u