Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web

Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web by alwillis on Sunday November 17, 2019 @07:36PM (#21561068)

>browser extesions are a privacy feature. my browsing is much more private on Firefox with ublock origin then on no extension safari. All things being equal, you shouldn't have to rely on extensions in 2019 to protect your privacy.

The goal is to preserve privacy by default--no extensions required. The vast number of users don't install them or wouldn't know which ones to install.

Brave is secure out of the box and doesn't require extensions to protect your privacy: https://brave.com/features/

Safari also doesn't require extensions to protect your privacy: WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy—https://webkit.org/tracking-prevention-policy/

Apple first shipped Intelligent Tracking Prevention in June 2017, long before Firefox or any other browser had anything similar: https://webkit.org/blog/7675/intelligent-tracking-prevention...

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Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web by greggman2 on Sunday November 17, 2019 @10:57PM (#21561776)

I know this false based on all the ads I see in webpages in Safari that I don't see when in Firefox with UBlock Origin. Every ad I see was served by the ad company. Safari might be blocking cookies but it's not letting me block the ads which is all that's really needed to track.

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Re:Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web by alwillis on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:20AM (#21562308)

Safari doesn’t block ads currently; that’s true.

Safari’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention stops the cross-site tracking, fingerprinting, etc. by ad companies.

The ability to block content is built-in to macOS and iOS for 3rd parties to use.

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