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Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by quotehelp9128 »

Vinnl wrote: post #79
logifail wrote: post #68

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> so they can use server-side ID syncs Does this only work if you use the same email across multiple sites? If so it's yet another reason to use a different email address with every site you sign up at.

Which incidentally Mozilla also has a product for: https://relay.firefox.com (Disclosure: I work on Firefox Relay :) And yes, I know some people also have their own domain with unlimited email addresses.)

I'm sorry to bother you (and rest of HN) about your product in an off-topic thread, but I noticed ⁨Relay Premium⁩ is available in limited countries. Considering some countries in that list are part of EU, what are the limitations why I'm not able to subscribe to the premium service? Or is there a way to join Relay Premium while not in listed countries (for example, having credit card issued by a listed country)?

Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by geekamongus »

rkk3 wrote: post #115
unicornporn wrote: post #97

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Firefox has a sub 8% market share, so I doubt this will make a drastic change to how they operate.

Surprised it's even that high, I tried to switch to Firefox the other month for privacy but gave up because it crashed on me it-least once a day. Edit: thanks for the downvotes, I would have preferred if it worked but it didn't. I tried basic troubleshooting, disabling extensions etc. but didn't find it usable on macOs Monterey, think it doesn't play well with youtube.

Strange...it's been rock solid for me for years, across multiple devices and OS's. I cannot remember the last time FF crashed.

Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by PaulStatezny »

account42 wrote: post #111
robin_reala wrote: post #74

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If you don’t want Firefox to do even that, you can go to Settings, click on Privacy & Security, then choose the Strict option. It’ll warn you that it might break sites, but you can always turn it off on a site-specific level by clicking on the shield in the address bar and turning off the toggle.

Be aware though that this will make firefox tell sites that you want a light color scheme instead of doing the more sensible thing and indicating no preference.

This chain of replies containing only pertinent facts to inform the reader exemplifies what's so great about Hacker News. :-)

Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by [deleted] »

fancl20 wrote: post #37

Before anyone jumps to why Chrome doesn't block third-party cookies, some context: Regulators did warn Google NOT TO block third-party cookies before they provide a replacement, UK CMA accepted the latest proposal from Google: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-to-keep-close-eye-on-... Apple's tracking rules also raised a lot of anti-trust concerns, giving advertisement in App Store unfair advantages among other…

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Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by tristan957 »

rkk3 wrote: post #115
unicornporn wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox has a sub 8% market share, so I doubt this will make a drastic change to how they operate.

Surprised it's even that high, I tried to switch to Firefox the other month for privacy but gave up because it crashed on me it-least once a day. Edit: thanks for the downvotes, I would have preferred if it worked but it didn't. I tried basic troubleshooting, disabling extensions etc. but didn't find it usable on macOs Monterey, think it doesn't play well with youtube.

I have used Firefox for 7 years and never had it crash once.

Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by [deleted] »

[deleted] wrote: post #125
fancl20 wrote: post #37

Before anyone jumps to why Chrome doesn't block third-party cookies, some context: Regulators did warn Google NOT TO block third-party cookies before they provide a replacement, UK CMA accepted the latest proposal from Google: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-to-keep-close-eye-on-... Apple's tracking rules also raised a lot of anti-trust concerns, giving advertisement in App Store unfair advantages among other…

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Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by aimor »

ghusto wrote: post #52

I've never understood the thinking that went behind allowing one site to see the existence of another site's cookie in the first place. I don't think I'm even coming at this with the security hindsight of decades, it's just common sense, isn't it?

I never understood it (third party cookies getting external information) either. Same thing with the referer request header, or user agents, or disabling the right-click menu, or editing the browser history, or opening new windows, or changing scroll behavior, or replacing the cursor icon, or autoplaying videos. There are reasons to want to do these things. In some cases it's difficult for the browser to prevent them. But I'd sure like it if the standards and browsers were on my side, not the side of those nefarious web developers.

Re: Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

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Post by robin_reala »

account42 wrote: post #111
robin_reala wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don’t want Firefox to do even that, you can go to Settings, click on Privacy & Security, then choose the Strict option. It’ll warn you that it might break sites, but you can always turn it off on a site-specific level by clicking on the shield in the address bar and turning off the toggle.

Be aware though that this will make firefox tell sites that you want a light color scheme instead of doing the more sensible thing and indicating no preference.

Interesting. I’m a light mode user, so hadn’t seen that.
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