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Firefox added ad tracking and has already turned it on without asking you (mastodon.social)

submitted 4 months ago by azdle@news.idlestate.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Idk what 128 is on a phone, but my galaxy s21 had everything still off. Guess I'll have to keep an eye on it

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

build number (version) of Firefox, which is the software in question.

"Galaxy S21" is the model name for a physical Samsung phone, which isn't relevant to the topic.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

Oh, heard that. I'm on 128 on my phone too and they were all disabled