• Firefox 127 has introduced privacy tweaks that are causing user dissatisfaction, particularly due to changes like the separation of normal and private windows on the taskbar and the closing of private tabs when the main instance closes on iOS.
  • Despite user complaints, the update includes new privacy and security enhancements such as upgrading subresources from HTTP to HTTPS and masking CPU architecture to reduce fingerprinting.
  • Mozilla plans to address user feedback by reintroducing the “browser.privateWindowSeparation.enabled” preference as an opt-in and adding more intuitive privacy settings in future updates.
  • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    but several users noticed and took to online forums to complain.

    There’s at least 7 users that are, therefore all 180,000,000 users are unhappy. It’s extremely simple logic.