Mozilla is introducing a new feature to Firefox aimed at protecting users from bounce trackers, the browser developer has announced. Bounce tracking is a technique where a user clicks a link but ends up reaching their intended destination via an intermediary tracking page. This allows trackers to place and read 'first-party cookies,' which aren’t blocked by the browser, unlike third-party
    • helenslunch@feddit.nl
      3·
      1 month ago

      I have all kinds of software that are supposed to stop this. They don’t work.

      I even manually add the tracking domains and they still don’t work.

      • Possibly linuxEnglish
        14·
        1 month ago

        Its called using third party front ends. The extensions just redirect and replace

          • Possibly linuxEnglish
            32·
            1 month ago

            Extensions or front ends?

            For extensions I use libredirect and for YouTube I use invidious. Libreredirect redirects YouTube links and replaces embedded YouTube videos.