FIREFOX CAN NOW USE AND MAYBE SELL YOUR DATA

t3chg33k said:
Private mode doesn’t save cookies, so hardly any chance of that happening unless you login every time and then surf.

This is of course a bad change from Firefox but it more alarming that people raise this in context of using Google and Microsoft products that are basically data mining the hell out of your device.
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I use FF for personal use only and don't like login to gmail so it doesn't sync my activities to gmail but I did get adds on mobile so the only logical reason I could come up is gmail.
I use Brave for work purpose and it does the job but can't say it does what I tell it like my settings says to remove all logins and data when I close browser which it does but I can still see similar recommendations on youtube from previous login session (correct me if its due to youtube sensing private mode of brave from same IP/Computer? )
 
kartikoli said:
I use FF for personal use only and don't like login to gmail so it doesn't sync my activities to gmail but I did get adds on mobile so the only logical reason I could come up is gmail.
I use Brave for work purpose and it does the job but can't say it does what I tell it like my settings says to remove all logins and data when I close browser which it does but I can still see similar recommendations on youtube from previous login session (correct me if its due to youtube sensing private mode of brave from same IP/Computer? )
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I think you need to turn off activity tracking from your Google account settings in order to completely turn off youtube tracking.
 
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kartikoli said:
I use FF for personal use only and don't like login to gmail so it doesn't sync my activities to gmail but I did get adds on mobile so the only logical reason I could come up is gmail.
I use Brave for work purpose and it does the job but can't say it does what I tell it like my settings says to remove all logins and data when I close browser which it does but I can still see similar recommendations on youtube from previous login session (correct me if its due to youtube sensing private mode of brave from same IP/Computer? )
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Unless you turn off data sharing with Google, it will retain all your search and also fingerprint it to your device. If you are using an Android device with the same account, then that data will be used to serve ads.
ibose said:
Ah.. the fine print changed .. like I give a damn. Can you really trust a browser's privacy policy ?

Another librewolf user here; actually works fine for the 95% of the sites, I browse. For the remaining 5%, I keep a Chrome install.
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Librewolf has always been much more unstable than Firefox. I had switched to Zen Browser which is based on Firefox code as well few weeks ago and find it to be stable, though I opted for it because it also supports Firefox Sync.
 
t3chg33k said:
Librewolf has always been much more unstable than Firefox. I had switched to Zen Browser which is based on Firefox code as well few weeks ago and find it to be stable, though I opted for it because it also supports Firefox Sync.
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It works pretty stable for me. Yes, it is more restrictive disabling a lot of functionality which can potentially lead to tracking and fingerprinting etc. No crashes or anything but every now and then, one or two odd sites would not open, which I can live with.
All of my required plugins work. I don't use sync.
 
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Kaching999 said:
I think you need to turn off activity tracking from your Google account settings in order to completely turn off youtube tracking.
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Its off and I only login through private mode on desktop.
t3chg33k said:
Unless you turn off data sharing with Google, it will retain all your search and also fingerprint it to your device. If you are using an Android device with the same account, then that data will be used to serve ads.
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Haven't turned on sharing for more than a decade.
 
I use firefox with u-block origin on desktop for online payments etc. My daily driver for browsing is either chrome or brave.

I use opera with the built in vpn to bypass a few sites that are dns blocked by the isp. Have been testing vivaldi these past few weeks and I like it.
One thing that I have done with all browsers is that there is no sync enabled, nor have I signed into any gmail or outlook account to sync book marks etc.
Google keeps track of which searches you have made etc in case you are already signed into the account via chrome or any other browser.

All my email is opened via pop3 and imap on Thunderbird on the desktop.

On android phone I use the paid soul browser and 1dm+ paid browser with built in adblocks.
 
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ibose said:
It works pretty stable for me. Yes, it is more restrictive disabling a lot of functionality which can potentially lead to tracking and fingerprinting etc. No crashes or anything but every now and then, one or two odd sites would not open, which I can live with.
All of my required plugins work. I don't use sync.
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Didn't know LibreWolf was published on the Microsoft Store directly, which is great from an update perspective. Also checked that Firefox sync can be forced with override, and they don't recommend to not use it since it is end-to-end encrypted. Guess will give it another try since actually found Zen Browser to be buggy every now and then.
 
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If we want everything free, then this is not going to work.
After experience of android rooting and various privacy mods, mindset of keeping everything private is not convenient.
I will still prefer Firefox over chrome and edge or anything else.
( even chromium source code has binaries, just saw it in Alpine linux build script as a comment ) . Editors of LinuxFromScratch recommended using Mozilla CA certificates store because Mozilla foundation has strict inclusion policies ( but at the same time Mozilla is also found collecting user data including password with telemetry option enabled and hence editors recommend disabling this option in mozconfig while compiling. ) .
 
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asratte said:
If we want everything free, then this is not going to work.
After experience of android rooting and various privacy mods, mindset of keeping everything private is not convenient.
I will still prefer Firefox over chrome and edge or anything else.
( even chromium source code has binaries, just saw it in Alpine linux build script as a comment ) . Editors of LinuxFromScratch recommended using Mozilla CA certificates store because Mozilla foundation has strict inclusion policies ( but at the same time Mozilla is also found collecting user data including password with telemetry option enabled and hence editors recommend disabling this option in mozconfig while compiling. ) .
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That's one of the issues with using a fork of Firefox as it means even less market share for Firefox and without the Gecko engine, we are completely stuck in a Chromium world on the web with Google calling all the shots on the future of the web which will undoubtedly be focused on less privacy and more tracking.
kartikoli said:
Its off and I only login through private mode on desktop.

Haven't turned on sharing for more than a decade.
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Then it is purely device and IP tracking. I remember back in the day when I used AliExpress without login, searched for an item and then found ads for the same item on some of the websites which were undoubtedly using the AliExpress ad platform.
 
To be honest, this news is just clickbait on a topic that has been milked to death. I don't understand why this is being made such a big deal. Mozilla has at least assured that they won't breach your data (not that it should be taken at face value). It's still WAY better than Chrome. Now all you will read about is; "Windows sucks""Don't use linux"" Chrome sucks""Don't use Firefox"

Solution: Stop using a browser by psychically linking into the Internet by hugging a telephone pole (as rightfully pointed out in the source video's comments section)
 
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