Bug 1227974 - Firefox 128 has tracking / "ad measurement" enabled by default
Summary: Firefox 128 has tracking / "ad measurement" enabled by default
Status: NEW
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Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Firefox (show other bugs)
Version: Current
Hardware: Other Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Factory Mozilla
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Reported: 2024-07-16 18:27 UTC by Christian Boltz
Modified: 2024-07-17 11:45 UTC (History)
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Description Christian Boltz 2024-07-16 18:27:25 UTC 
According to several sources, for example
    https://mstdn.social/@Lokjo/112772496939724214
    https://heise.de/-9801279
Firefox 128 has user tracking (including sending data to advertisers) enabled by default, which breaks the privacy expectation Firefox users often have.

I'd recommend to change the default for the "Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad-measurement" to disabled.

If someone really wants to be tracked to support the ad industry, they can easily enable that option ;-)
Comment 1 Wolfgang Rosenauer 2024-07-17 06:08:20 UTC 
While I understand the concerns in general I find it hard to decide what to do.

Here is another discussion which gives more context about the "feature".
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1e43w7v/a_word_about_private_attribution_in_firefox/