Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users harder to fingerprint

Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by theyeenzbeanz on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:17AM (#50454450)

One caveat I’ve experienced with Firefox branches that focus on privacy is I get “punished” with captchas from hell because I refuse to let websites siphon and prey on every last bit of private info. Hopefully this doesn’t succumb to the same issue.

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by nkmnz on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:33AM (#50454631)

Why do you want to use services that use such captchas? It’s like going to a club and complaining about the door policy. Don’t go if you don’t like it.

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by cowlevel on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:48AM (#50454801)

Thanks for reminding me that Elon Musk got rejected from Berghain.

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by 4738837329 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:39AM (#50455398)

Berghain, is that located in this failed state where arab gangs perpetrate daily shootings?

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by cowlevel on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:27PM (#50456728)

No, it's in Berlin, which is the capital city of Germany.

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by nkmnz on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:34PM (#50456823)

Yes, it's in Berlin [0]

[0] https://www.dpolg.berlin/aktuelles/news/schusswaffenkriminal...

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by orbisvicis on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:58AM (#50454916)

I'm tired of identifying buses or stoplights or motorcycles up to five times a day just for Google searches. I'm slowly moving myself over to LLM queries instead.

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by NooneAtAll5 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:14PM (#50455842)

tbf that's on you for still using google

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by ASalazarMX on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @01:29PM (#50456749)

In my limited experience, you'll get different captchas in other search engines too.

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Re:Open research, stronger privacy: Making Firefox users har... by bornfreddy on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @04:22PM (#50458877)

Never saw one in duckduckgo, and I (used to) get them on G all the time.

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