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| REFERENCES: | https://www.news18.com/tech/mozilla-firefox-faces-privacy-concerns-for-tracking-users-all-details-9063517.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/mozilla-accused-of-tracking-users-in-firefox-without-consent/ https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/mozilla-faces-privacy-complaint-for.html | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | European digital rights group NOYB (None Of Your Business) has filed a privacy complaint with the Austrian data protection watchdog (DSB) against Mozilla, alleging the company uses a Firefox privacy feature (enabled without consent) to track users’ online behavior. NOYB’s complaint claims that, despite its name, Mozilla uses the feature to track Firefox user behavior across websites. | ||
| IMPACT: | Mozilla has enabled a so-called privacy preserving attribution (PPA) feature that turned the browser into a tracking tool for websites without directly telling its users. | ||
| SYSTEM AFFECTED: | Mozilla Firefox | ||
| RECOMMENDATIONS: | Users should be able to make a choice and the feature should have been turned off by default. | ||