They added a "Tell websites not to sell or share my data" option in settings.

Hal-5700X@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.ml – 355 points –

EDIT I love the dead "Learn more" link.

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Isn't it more like a request? They don't have to oblige.

Moreover, I'd think this would make you more easily fingerprinteable...

Would you mind explaining why? Sorry if it’s a really obvious answer , but I usually turn on the “do not track” setting whenever I have the option to. Have I inadvertently made myself even more id-able?

I belive that's the reason why Librewolf doesn't turn on something along this kind of option by default.

It absolutely does, and quite sometime ago, the usual media did a blurb for a day or few ago about it was more likely to get you on various alphabet agency watchlist and idk i ever read details. Tinfoil hat territory bc I’m way too lazy but also winding down after an…interesting day. If you want to search it and can’t confirm, consider this redacted bc it was hm perhaps last 5 years? And I’m old and tired.

The California attorney general already said CCPA can't be used to legally enforce DNT requests because it isn't specific enough. So I'm guessing this is a more specific mechanism that can be included in regulations like CCPA and GDPR in future. People protected by them are already meant to be able to opt out