#yeah ok I can code a bit in BASH and R and some rudimentary Python that's just part of being an ecologist nowadays

[underthehedge]

Yeah tbh I was shocked when I read the post and went straight to settings and there I clicked on the learn-more link about the kinds of studies and data and it was all seemed...pretty much fine actually?

Also, to their credit, when you click on the learn-more links, look I'm not a techie but I was raised by programmers so maybe I'm not the best judge of this but it seems like they've really put the work in in making it comprehensible and plain language. It's not an EULA wrapped in five levels of niche jargon and legalese, they're legit trying to let you know what they mean in clear language.

that article going around abt firefox's new ad program is annoying bc it's phrased as though "mozilla has finally TURNED on its people and is SELLING YOU OUT for cold hard cash!!" when. that's not what's happening. it is specifically being implemented to discourage tracking behavior, and literally all the data they are giving to advertisers is aggregate and anonymized, which is like, the opposite of what that post wants you to worry about, lol