I really want to enable resist fingerprinting, unfortunately it disables dark theming on github, ddg and other websites. I wish I could add an exception rule to this...
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Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users
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#12I really want to enable resist fingerprinting, unfortunately it disables dark theming on github, ddg and other websites. I wish I could add an exception rule to this...
I guess you could set up custom stylesheets, at least for sites you commonly browse.
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#13How does this relate to the existing tracking protection settings - should I turn off "block all third party cookies"? That setting breaks a few things, but mostly works OK. I'm confused which protection level this new capability corellates to.
This is strictly in-between allowing third-party cookies and blocking them. They are allowed, but isolated to prevent data sharing.
Previously: Site A has a facebook Like button, which iframes in facebook.com and sets a third-party cookie for facebook.com. Site B does the same. Site B can see that you previously visited Site A, and if you have a Facebook account, then Facebook can connect your browsing activity on both A and B to that account.
New feature: Site A's Facebook Like button iframes in Facebook, and sets a cookie on facebook.com. This is a different cookie than the one Site B sets for facebook.com. The cookies cannot tell that you're the same person. If you have a Facebook account, your browsing activity on A and B is not connected to your Facebook account.
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#14How does this relate to the existing tracking protection settings - should I turn off "block all third party cookies"? That setting breaks a few things, but mostly works OK. I'm confused which protection level this new capability corellates to.
This seems to be a middle-ground.
You can more confidently allow third-party cookies, which means that certain features that broke with the blocking of all third-party cookies will now be able to work, but you maintain most of the protections that you gained when you used to block them.
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#15Cool. Just a heads' up that I had to disable it on Zendesk and Asana so they could talk to each other - you might experience similar issues.
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#16I wonder why Microsoft doesn't make Edge a privacy-oriented browser. I'm surprised they think they can make more from the data economy than they would gain by seriously hurting Google et al.
Microsoft went all-in on "growth & engagement" since Windows 8.
Why sell OSes for money when you can get "engagement" instead?
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#17This is a fantastic way to do this. I wish Safari worked the same way instead of just completely blocking third-party cookies.
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#18I really want to enable resist fingerprinting, unfortunately it disables dark theming on github, ddg and other websites. I wish I could add an exception rule to this...
I guess you could set up custom stylesheets, at least for sites you commonly browse.
The time-based light/dark mode setting requires the current time. It is not currently accessible from CSS and is blocked by resistFingerprinting
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#19Does this affect single-sign-on implementations?
It shouldn't. SSO doesn't typically work by sharing cookies, which have always been limited to a single domain in the first place.
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#20Why weren't separate cookie jars the default in the first place? I know that browsers other than Firefox have no real incentive to protect your privacy, but I'm wondering why cookies were designed to be shared among different pages in general