Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
by boogies on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @12:44PM
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Doesn’t Google grant itself first-party status by redirecting you through an advertisement domain? µBlock definitely is the king of ad blocking extensions — only the fork AdNauseam (https://adnauseam.io/) can compete, and that’s by both blocking ads and fighting back with obfuscating click simulation.
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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
by CameronNemo on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @12:53PM
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Hmm. I think it would be better if the extension clicked randomly rather than clicked on all ads. That would cause the numbers to be much harder to interpret, and ad agencies or departments would have a much harder time measuring their efficacy or justifying their existence.
Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
by boogies on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @12:58PM
(#25919044)
Me too, and it provides a slider for the percentage to click that I kept below 100 when I used it (now I use Palemoon, which doesn’t support WebExtensions, and I use /etc/hosts).
Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
by valvar on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @01:10PM
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You can change the click frequency in the settings. I guess it would be better to make that setting a part of the splash page that shows up on installation, though, as otherwise many will miss it.
Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
by iso1631 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @03:11PM
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> ad agencies or departments would have a much harder time measuring their efficacy or justifying their existence.
50% of adverts are a waste of money, the problem for people wanting to advertise is nobody knows which 50%