Post #2411177
2026-05-11 05:03 UTC
Please elaborate on why that’s not an issue with Firefox?
A site getting my physical position is creepy to say the least, I don’t want to have entire behaviour profiles built for me based on such data, not to mention that any unnecessary exposed data helps fingerprint us across the internet.
Am I missing something?
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@portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-12 06:16
OP is referring to specifically tracking in apps. Yes Firefox gives gyro data, but apps have no access to it, only web sites do. Safari can be embedded in apps and thus they can get gyro data. Websites have less system permissions than apps (run in background etc) and you’d be using a store app for example while shopping, they’d be able to track that data more than a web site would.
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@Squizzy@lemmy.world 2026-05-11 10:26
Its crazy, the accurately deduced I was sitting browsing because of the gyro. Combine with location/time and all their data they likely know all of us individually at this point?