Mozilla announces they will ship GPC (Global Privacy Control) in Firefox 120. Note : the settings will be done by the user choice and not by default which is the case via DuckDuckGo or Brave cc @mozilla @bravebrowser https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/373F82Jzcjs/m/ImZKgRNIAQAJ
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@mintycactus Apple removed DNT from Safari and the other browsers did it as well because it was not used.
Today, GPC is being developed by a large coalition including W3C @w3c. The result is more and more publishers and browser implements it to replace DNT and be aligned with some law (e. g. CCPA etc…)
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@mintycactus No matter if Brave removes it or not, the question is : Is DNT followed by vendors behind? I’ve tried to add more context here => https://mastodon.social/@ANderagakura/111334483858036981
Regarding Mozilla, today the plan is to set GPC by default
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Yeah, they won’t set it by default as they don’t want to bite the feeding hand.
@Engywuck I still think enabling the user to opt-in / opt-out is the right thing. But to do that, the user needs to be fully informed about every option and the platform has to be enough clear and flexible.
@ANderagakura @Engywuck Under the GDPR, opt-out is not an option, so if the approach taken is not an opt-in one it is arguably unlawful in the EU.
I wonder how they plan to address the different legal requirements from different legislations…@ANderagakura @Engywuck Sure :) But depending on how they’ll deal with this default can impact the lawfulness of the solution.
@ANderagakura @Engywuck I agree with you! That’s also why no one should be opted-in by default
Maybe, or maybe GPC only provides more bits of information that can be used for fingerprinting.
