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Twitter/x.com is now forcing you to disable Firefox's Enhance Tracking Protection. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com

There were no "issues"; everything was working completely fine. This is a deliberate decision to force people to turn off tracking protection.

I saw a recommendation to use Firefox's container extension https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers, but it's disabled in private browsing windows, and I always use private browsing windows.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This. I know FB/Meta is awful, but I have a ton of hobby and interest groups I participate in on the platform. So that’s why I stay. However, I have all sorts of browser add-ons that strip the site of all kinds of trackers, suggestions, and all sorts of annoyances. My FB is closer to FB a decade+ ago than what a “normal” user sees.

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I'm honestly just there for Facebook marketplace

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Do the add-ons you use specifically target Facebook? If so, what are you using to mitigate its manipulative/predatory designs?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Some. Other than basic anti-tracking add ons, Facebook Container is one, and so is Social Media Fixer, which will block whatever you tell it to on FB. I block all “suggested for you” as a keyword and it removes so much junk from FB. I have a couple more I think that help FB be more like its old self, but unfortunately I’m not home and can’t look them up right now on mobile.