If FF remembers zoom levels for each site, then doesn't that mean FF is tracking us?
How can FF assure me that it's not tracking me when it's remembering the zoom level for every site I visit? It really bothers me that they are tracking not only the website but such a trivial detail as what zoom level I viewed it at. I don't even understand why they've made this a mandatory setting (i just updated from 19 to 27 and am very sad now). Why can't I turn this off? Why would anyone need this option built into FF when there were already add-ons that accomplished this? I rarely have to change zoom levels on a website, (or at least I used to not have to with old FF versions) so to me saving the zoom level seems awfully silly of an option to not offer but force upon all users. I personally do not want FF to be tracking me in any way, and this feels a whole lot like tracking.
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hello, you can easily turn this off - enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named browser.zoom.siteSpecific. double-click it and change its value to false.
for the "tracking" aspect please see: Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox
Thanks so much for the standard tech support intelligence insult. I have every last option set to never track me, not remember history, remove/delete history on exit, no third-party cookies, etc. thanks for asking. I am fully aware of what option to set to keep websites from tracking me. This is not about websites, this is about Firefox. They are keeping a list of the websites we visit, and that is not acceptable. Turning off the zoom option in whatever techie thing you're suggesting does nothing to guarantee FF isn't keeping tabs on us. All it means is it won't change the zoom setting automatically when you visit a website, not that it won't track the websites you visit. Why FF needs to gather and store this info is the issue. Especially when add-ons and previous FF versions made the zoom feature redundant even before it was introduced... Anyone not a FF fanboy want to give me a non-insulting, non-bs answer?
Zoom level history, like with all browsing history, is saved on your PC - in your Profile folder. That data isn't sent to Mozilla - period.
And before you respond, please read this:
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specifically:
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You can take Friendly and Firefox and shove them both straight up your ass. Thanks for nothing, jerk.
good bye!