Thom, exceedingly pureJul 16, 2024

In case you're using Firefox on mobile - so myself and like four others - disabling Firefox' new Facebook data collection feature is quite a bit harder than on desktop, but it can be done:

  • Go to chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml
  • Use the search field to find the entry for aboutConfig and enable it
  • Go to about:config
  • Search for dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled and set it to false

    • Done. This only works on Android, because Firefox on iOS is just a Safari skin.

    Show threadTudbuTJul 16, 2024

    @thomholwerda i use it! and i even bullied my dad into also doing that!

    also wth facebook?!

    Show threadmiraculous enbybugJul 16, 2024
    @TudbuT @thomholwerda yeah not sure what’s would be the link with Facebook?
    Show threadThom, exceedingly pureJul 16, 2024
    @melunaka @TudbuT It's developed in cooperation with Facebook. https://www.osnews.com/story/140247/i-told-you-so-mozilla-working-with-facebook-to-weaken-firefox-privacy-and-anti-tracking-features/
    I told you so: Mozilla working with Facebook to weaken Firefox’ privacy and anti-tracking features – OSnews

    Show threadchocobo13ζ
    @thomholwerda
    I guess with the news that Switzerland will be funding open source tools for stuff their government employees use, we may be seeing a new browser coming from a team mostly based there, if we are lucky. Depends on whether Firefox or Chromium are considered "good enough" for their purposes
    @melunaka @TudbuT
    Jul 16, 2024 at 12:47pmFedilab