Lee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1996arrow-down19
arrow-up1987arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netLee Duna to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-square@TangledHyphaelinkEnglish6•1 year agoAgree, I recently checked further after seeing “sponsored” icons in my new tab page. Had to turn that off. I understand why it’s on by default, it’s just not congruent with privacy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI’d say thats less a matter of privacy since it doesn’t reveal anything to the “sponsors”. More like bloat? Honestly can’t find the exact for rn
minus-square@TangledHyphaelinkEnglish1•1 year agoI think you’re right. It exposes whatever IP endpoint you’re on to the request but irrelevant with a VPN.
Agree, I recently checked further after seeing “sponsored” icons in my new tab page. Had to turn that off. I understand why it’s on by default, it’s just not congruent with privacy.
I’d say thats less a matter of privacy since it doesn’t reveal anything to the “sponsors”. More like bloat? Honestly can’t find the exact for rn
I think you’re right. It exposes whatever IP endpoint you’re on to the request but irrelevant with a VPN.