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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.”

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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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[–] Vincent@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

I see only two data leak risks mentioned:

  1. The user leaks their data themselves.
  2. The aggregators (one of which is Firefox, I believe) can collude to compromise your privacy.

The first doesn't need PPA. As for the second, Firefox can already conspire to compromise your privacy, if you're using it.