All that additional crud has probably contributed to the "relative ease" of conducting tracking as well as the "richness" of the data one can gather from tracking. Why should we ignore this simple fact.
The people behind these browers, especially Mozilla, keep assuring the public they are working to protect user privacy. This may be true to some extent but what they are not telling the public is how they are working to ensure the online advertsing industry continues to thrive, i.e., how they are working to ensure they do not upset the status quo. The words do not match the actions.
I would not rely on the browser developers to address this problem. To experiment with how well minimalism works on today's web, one can use alternative HTTP clients that allow control over headers and/or one can use a forward proxy one can remove/modify headers generated by the browser.
All that additional crud has probably contributed to the "relative ease" of conducting tracking as well as the "richness" of the data one can gather from tracking. Why should we ignore this simple fact.
The people behind these browers, especially Mozilla, keep assuring the public they are working to protect user privacy. This may be true to some extent but what they are not telling the public is how they are working to ensure the online advertsing industry continues to thrive, i.e., how they are working to ensure they do not upset the status quo. The words do not match the actions.
I would not rely on the browser developers to address this problem. To experiment with how well minimalism works on today's web, one can use alternative HTTP clients that allow control over headers and/or one can use a forward proxy one can remove/modify headers generated by the browser.