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Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all desktop users worldwide | It is Firefox’s strongest privacy protection to date, confining cookies to the site where they were created (blog.mozilla.org)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do Not Track has never really done anything, it just asks websites politely to not track you. There's no legal or technical limitation here.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I still much rather have it than not. It also lead to the spiritual successor GPC which does actually have regulatory requirements under the CCPA.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Fair. However, it also provides websites with additional information to fingerprint you, so that's a thing too.