Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless? | This Week in Privacy #49 (Apr 17, 2026)

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Join us 2026-04-17T21:00:00Z for This Week in Privacy #49, to catch up on the latest Privacy Guides updates and to discuss trending news in the privacy space.

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You have one ‘are’ too many in the title. :slight_smile:

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Privacy Guides currently does not recommend to enable “Tell websites not to sell or share my data” in Firefox on the website. Should we enable this? If so is this still worth enabling even if you don’t reside on a jurisdiction that makes the GPC opt-out functional but more of a statement of preference?

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Chrome plans to add the GPG toggle this year, I think it will gain wider acceptance then.

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It is enabled by default in LibreWolf #1840 - Consider Enabling the GPC (Global Privacy Control) by default - librewolf/issues - Codeberg.org fwiw

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