TL;DR: Mozilla recently released AI controls for Firefox: a single control panel that lets people disable AI features in the browser or pick and choose which to leave on. On the surface, this sounds like a win for user choice in an era of AI-everything.
If we dig deeper, you can start to see that the kill switch isn’t the whole story. This feature acts like an accountability sink. By giving you an off-switch, Mozilla’s leadership shifts the ethical burden of AI onto the user - turning their design choices into your responsibility.
https://github.com/BrowserWorks/waterfox
Search “fingerprint” on the issues page. Read the “closed” issues as well, because all they did was close the issue and direct them to a discussion page.
Could you link to a real issue so we aren’t guessing about what we are looking at?
No. There are 30+ there.
I’m seeing closed bugs from 2021 here, are we supposed to take these seriously?
Its been a known issue for a while, yes.
Then go fix them
Ive chosen the route of using Tor Browser or Mullvad Browser instead. They are fantastic browsers that probably have the best web browser fingerprint protection available, next to Vanadium Browser.