Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1986arrow-down19
arrow-up1977arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-square@TangledHyphae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months 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@InfiniWheel@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months 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@TangledHyphae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months 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.