Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default
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#2>For new users who install and download Firefox for the first time, Enhanced Tracking Protection will automatically be set on by default as part of the ‘Standard’ setting in the browser and will block known “third-party tracking cookies” according to the Disconnect list.
Despite other issues, which there are some, I'm really happy to see FF not only enable more ways for users to protect themselves - but to be rolling it out as a default.
A lot of non-technical users I've encountered usually want the extra (usually non-default) protections, but don't know where to begin (or what is even available) so they continue with the default installation. FF setting some of the more mature privacy protection features as a default moving forward is a great sign of commitment to the cause of bringing privacy to everyone. Even those who don't know how to poke around the settings or about:config.
>Today, we’re releasing the latest update for Facebook Container which prevents Facebook from tracking you on other sites that have embedded Facebook capabilities such as the Share and Like buttons on their site.
This is a much needed change that I'm also really happy to see. Not really containing anything if the embeds still function.
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#3The Lockwise addon is interesting - but that they are not using their own addon site is strange.
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#4It is funny how my browser preferences has changed over last 5 years.
2014 me as a developer had Chrome as number 1 browser for both development and all rest. Firefox once a month just to check cross browser compatibility. And Safari was just installed without me using it.
2019 me uses Safari for everything except development. Excellent power consumption and UX. Firefox for development. And lastly Chrome for all web apps that only work on Chrome. ( Google Meet etc. ) I feel much much better that I am not dependent on chrome.
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#5I'm an existing Firefox user. Is there a short list of settings to check to make sure this "Enhanced Tracking Protection" is enabled?
In short, I'm looking for a list of instructions: go to Options > Privacy and Security > Content Blocking > make sure cookies is set to at least "All third party cookies...".
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#6Ironically, it triggers on blog.mozilla.org :/
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#7I have two main computers. One has for continuity reasons the old version of Firefox, the other the new one.
The old version is so much more usable that I find myself using that computer much more frequently. It is rock solid with 100's of tabs open, all my extensions work and without silly restrictions on what they can and can not do and it uses a lot less memory. It's measurably faster too. I'm all for progress and improvements in software but after a long stretch of being a very ardent FF supporter I really do wonder if they have a future. If a competitor had a dream about what they could do to ruin Firefox they could not have done a better job.
Enhanced tracking protection is great but it doesn't matter if you push away your users.
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#8I'm an existing Firefox user. Is there a short list of settings to check to make sure this "Enhanced Tracking Protection" is enabled? In short, I'm looking for a list of instructions: go to Options > Privacy and Security > Content Blocking > make sure cookies is set to at least "All third party cookies...".
It's explained in the article.
> For existing users, we’ll be rolling out Enhanced Tracking Protection by default in the coming months without you having to change a thing. If you can’t wait, you can turn this feature on by clicking on the menu icon marked by three horizontal lines at the top right of your browser, then under Content Blocking. Go to your privacy preferences and click on the Custom gear on the right side. Mark the Cookies checkbox and make sure that “Third-party trackers” is selected. To learn more about our privacy and security settings and get more detail on what each section – Standard, Strict, and Custom – includes, visit here [1].
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#9It sounds like this is similar to what Apple added to Safari two years ago (https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/05/apple-adds-a-tracker-block...), though I don't know the details.
I will be excited for the day when Privacy Badger is an unnecessary extension.
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#10It is funny how my browser preferences has changed over last 5 years. 2014 me as a developer had Chrome as number 1 browser for both development and all rest. Firefox once a month just to check cross browser compatibility. And Safari was just installed without me using it. 2019 me uses Safari for everything except development. Excellent power consumption and UX. Firefox for development. And lastly Chrome for all web…
Are there Chrome-only webapps you use that don't just work with a User-Agent switcher?