For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default

Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by tda on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @03:50AM (#40974414)

on firefox mobile:

open chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml, set general.aboutConfig.enable to true

open about:config, set dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled to false

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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by psychoslave on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @04:14AM (#40974516)

Wow, thanks for this and the parent post.

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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by fransje26 on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @05:31AM (#40974877)

What's the difference with setting

    dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled

to false in the gekoview?

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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by tda on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @06:31AM (#40975188)

Probably none, I didn't know it was also there. I just compiled what worked for me after scrolling through a few other posts.

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Re:For advertising: Firefox now collects user data by default by aaubry on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @05:35AM (#40974890)

Thanks a lot for this tip. I don't know how one is supposed to find this setting.

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