{"id":46128,"date":"2024-12-11T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=46128"},"modified":"2024-12-16T11:52:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:52:23","slug":"firefox-removes-do-not-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/11\/firefox-removes-do-not-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox Removes &ldquo;Do Not Track&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/mozilla-firefox-removes-do-not-track-feature-support-heres-what-it-means-for-your-privacy\/\">Venkat<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=42377159\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/mozilla-firefox-removes-do-not-track-feature-support-heres-what-it-means-for-your-privacy\/\"><p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Do_Not_Track\">Wikipedia<\/a>, DNT was introduced in 2009 by researchers Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm, and Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to implement this feature.<\/p><p>However, as we approach 2025, with growing concerns about online privacy and data protection, Mozilla believes that DNT is no longer an effective privacy measure. <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/web-browser-do-not-track-settings-will-no-longer-be-honored-yahoo\/\">Many websites ignore the DNT signal<\/a>. Therefore, Mozilla has removed the DNT signal from Firefox version 135.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mozilla says it was not honored and so provided a false sense of privacy, and Apple said it could be used for fingerprinting. I don&rsquo;t understand why something like this couldn&rsquo;t be used to avoid cookie banners, for sites that are trying to play by the rules.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/15\/firefox-at-20\/\">Firefox at 20<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/apple-is-removing-do-not-track-from-safari\/\">Apple Is Removing &ldquo;Do Not Track&rdquo; From Safari<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/19\/twitter-abandons-do-not-track-privacy-protection\/\">Twitter Abandons &ldquo;Do Not Track&rdquo; Privacy Protection<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"firefox-removes-do-not-track-update-2024-12-16\">Update (2024-12-16): <a href=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/rip-dnt-firefox\/\">Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pxlnv.com\/linklog\/rip-dnt-firefox\/\">\n<p>Unfortunately, the replacement for Do Not Track &mdash; the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalprivacycontrol.org\">Global Privacy Control<\/a> &mdash; is not quickly catching on despite claiming to have &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalprivacycontrol.org\/orgs\">broad industry support<\/a>&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/global-privacy-control-launches-do-not-track-is-back\/#:~:text=This%20would%20provide%20a%20key%20component%20that%E2%80%99s%20called%20for%20in%20the%20California%20law\">legal might<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venkat (via Hacker News): According to Wikipedia, DNT was introduced in 2009 by researchers Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm, and Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to implement this feature.However, as we approach 2025, with growing concerns about online privacy and data protection, Mozilla believes that DNT is no longer an effective privacy measure. 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