{"id":273843,"date":"2018-08-31T09:58:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T07:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=273843"},"modified":"2018-08-31T10:00:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T08:00:44","slug":"firefox-enabling-ad-tracker-blocking-by-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/273843-firefox-enabling-ad-tracker-blocking-by-default.html","title":{"rendered":"Firefox enabling ad tracker blocking by default"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mozilla has announced that Firefox will soon block tracking scripts, such as those used by advertising networks, by default.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome sites will continue to want user data in exchange for content, but now they will have to ask for it, a positive change for people who up until now had no idea of the value exchange they were asked to make,” said Mozilla.<\/p>\n

Changes to Firefox will roll out over the next few months and will focus on three key initiatives, said Mozilla.<\/p>\n

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  1. Improving page-load performance.<\/li>\n
  2. Removing cross-site tracking.<\/li>\n
  3. Mitigating harmful practices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cFirefox will strip cookies and block storage access from third-party tracking content.”<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe\u2019ve already made this available for our Firefox Nightly users to try out, and will be running a shield study to test the experience with some of our beta users in September.\u201d<\/p>\n

    The aim is to roll out this feature to all users in Firefox 65.<\/p>\n

    Firefox will also enable a default block against trackers that fingerprint users by their device properties and sites that use crypto-mining scripts, in the future.<\/p>\n

    Now read:\u00a0Firefox testing recommendations based on browsing history<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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