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EFF Says Mozilla's PPA is better than Google's Solution (www.fastcompany.com)

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Mozilla’s system only measures the success rate of ads—it doesn’t help companies target those ads—and it’s less susceptible to abuse, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @FastCompany@flipboard.com. “It’s much more privacy-preserving than Google’s version of the same feature.”

https://mastodon.social/@eff/112922761259324925

Privacy experts say the new toggle is mostly harmless, but Firefox users saw it as a betrayal.

“They made this technology for advertisers, specifically,” says Jonah Aragon, founder of the Privacy Guides website. “There’s no direct benefit to the user in creating this. It’s software that only serves a party other than the user.”

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] Vincent 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So you agree with #1 but are upset I have not provided specifics...

No; I have claimed that it doesn't collect personal data. You're disputing that claim, but if you can't mention a single piece of data, then I'm not inclined to believe you. (Fakespot and Anonym are completely unrelated to PPA. I'm not necessarily interested in branching out to discussing those as well, though I expect that we're more aligned on them anyway.)

Regarding the claim that Mozilla is good and Google is bad, that's based on a presumption.

No, I'm claiming that Google's actions in the past have been worse than Mozilla's, and I have named concrete actions that Google has done that Mozilla has not.

But go on, keep on telling people to avoid Mozilla, and see if that'll bring us a better world.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] Vincent 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Again, bringing Fakespot and Anonym is just moving the goalposts. You were complaining about PPA, and have failed to mention concrete data points that shares about you. It's really not interesting to move on to another subject only to have the goalposts moved again.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] Vincent 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

OK, fair enough, that was me allowing myself getting sidetracked. You still haven't answered the earlier question about what extra data PPA provides anyone, though. I'll leave it at that unless you can name one concrete piece of data.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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