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Firefox now blocks third-party tracking cookies, cryptomining scripts by default
2019-09-04 04:45

It took a lot of testing and tweaking, but Mozilla’s Firefox browser is finally being delivered with Enhanced Tracking Protection and a web-based cryptomining blocking feature on by default. The changes “Enhanced Tracking Protection works behind-the-scenes to keep a company from forming a profile of you based on their tracking of your browsing behavior across websites — often without your knowledge or consent. Those profiles and the information they contain may then be sold and … More → The post Firefox now blocks third-party tracking cookies, cryptomining scripts by default appeared first on Help Net Security.


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