Ditching Firefox
I thought supporting Firefox and Mozilla was the smart thing to do, privacy-wise, but Mozilla’s latest ‘feature’ giving advertisers information about user activity (the so-called Privacy Preserving Attribution feature) has left me unsure I can trust them, particularly as it’s been enabled by default. I’m aware of other browsers touting their privacy credentials, like Brave and DuckDuckGo, but what would you suggest – am I being overly sensitive about Mozilla, or should I be looking at yet another browser migration?
Debra Pendergraft
Unfortunately, Mozilla’s latest move to try to balance privacy with revenue generation through ads has left a sour taste in the mouth for many. The launch of Privacy Preserving Attribution came just weeks after acquiring Anonym, an ad-tech company specialising in so-called “privacy preserving digital advertising”, and users were opted in by default. This predictably has left many privacy experts crying foul as Mozilla appears to be caving into the growing trend for putting web advertisers ahead