By default now Firefox for Android shares an extra link with TRACKING for advertising itself. This is the features that everyone loves.
Ok, buried in the menu there’s an option to disable this shit. But it’s infuriating that a “please spam my friends and track the opening rate of my links” option is enabled by default
I don’t see the option to disable that on my device. OP, do you have “studies” enabled? In settings, check Data collection > Install and run studies. Maybe it’s listed there.
Is it a #Firefox or a #WhatsApp issue?
Firefox. They detect when you are sharing on WhatsApp and inject the tracking link (when sharing to other apps it doesn’t happen)
Interesting. I didn’t know that they could tell where something is shared to. I generally just copy things but I also basically never use WhatsApp so that might be why I haven’t seen this.
@Ziglin I would only use Signal…Anything Fecesbook, I stay away from.
I don’t get it. I’m not seeing the same thing, and I can’t find any reference of anyone else reporting the same issue online either. Either this isn’t an accurate report, or it’s some very specific A/B testing. I can’t find any options in settings that mention this functionality either.
According to another comment by OP, it only happens when they share a link to WhatsApp from Firefox.
@Wispy2891 Whatever it takes for Firefox to stay afloat…as long as it respects my privacy, I will put up with ads. I feel like Mozilla is a sinking ship.
How is a tracked link at all privacy respecting?
It’s a simple toggle in the settings menu to turn on/off. The people who care about privacy will toggle it off.
If it defaults to off, that’s fine. I’m tired of constantly having to go into settings for everything to see if they added some invasive bullshit.
Not just that, but the settings don’t sync between devices either.
Ah, “just a prank bro” argument. This is how ANTI-privacy corporations erode the level of expectations. Firefox, as a privacy advocate should absolutely NOT do that. If the choice is between being respectful of your users and being dead - I’d rather see it dead. We already have Microsoft Edge and a dozen other bs browsers that treat us like cattle. I think the general sentiment is that Firefox does not do that - or was not supposed to, anyway.
