No privacy breach, and I can’t fault them for using this feature toward generating supplemental income. Yes, IIRC the mozilla blog mentioned that “paid/promoted” items may be accepted for inclusion in the batched downloads… and that the “relevance” algo includes a filter to prevent more than 1 in 3 displayed highlights items being a “promoted” item. Last I checked, batch download content is generic (every browser client receives an identical set of data, analagous to an rss feed) ~~ then LOCALLY, based on keyword matching and/or browsing history, the “seemingly most relevant (and haven’t already been displayed nn times” items are displayed.īelow, a comment mentions “mining us for profit” and (so) I want to point out that the “highlights” mechanism is supplemental to - separate from - the SponsoredTiles mechanism. If you type about:config in your addressbar, then in searchbox type “newtab” (noquotes), you can view/edit the settings related to the new tab pageĪlthough I don’t like (won’t use) about:newtab, I respect the attention to privacy evident in the mechanism used for populating the highlights.
AFAIK, we’re not offered a means to clear the newtab cache. My first mistake was going to a new salon and placing my hair's. The cache datastore is completely separate from the content cache and, yes, “survives” (is unaffected by) a “full cache clearing”. My last highlight job was the perfect storm of Mercury-retrograde misfortune, resulting in every blonde's worst fear: brassy hair. Batches of thumbs+text are periodically retrieved via https from (not from each relevant site).
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