BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusableEnglish
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3 months agoBorderline?
There’s still DuckDuckGo, or Kagi if you are rich.
Borderline?
There’s still DuckDuckGo, or Kagi if you are rich.
PPA, or Privacy Preserving Attribution, is supposed to be a more-private alternative to cross-site tracking. Mozillas idea was: what if we could give advertisers metrics without compromising individuals privacy? Honestly, it doesn’t really impact you as a user or your privacy.
The problem is:
Sites will continue to use cross-site tracking techniques anyway.
This feature was enabled for everyone without their consent or giving them an option to choose.
You can disable it, though…
Settings > Privacy & Security > Website Advertising Preferences.
Uncheck “Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement”
You’ll need to cite your sources on that, though the APA style guide doesn’t have a citation format for “conservative grandparents with dementia.”