Firefox 69 arrives and now blocks third-party tracking cookies, fingerprinting, and cryptomining by default
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Discussion
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@simoahava
Simo Ahava
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Remember that ETP blocks *third-party tracking cookies* by default. Thus the first-party analytics cookies used by e.g. Google Analytics, Adobe, etc. are not impacted. However, if GA tried to write a cookie on http://www.google-analytics.com/ when on your domain, that WOULD be bl…
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@can
Can Duruk
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Firefox joins the party, blocking third-party cookies by default. Pretty clear, the way wind blows. https://blog.mozilla.org/...
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@geoffreyfowler
Geoffrey A. Fowler
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Starting today, Mozilla's Firefox browser blocks all third-party tracking cookies for everyone, not just new installations: https://blog.mozilla.org/... Google's Chrome by default blocks 0.
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@epro
Emil Protalinski
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.@Firefox 69 is out - Third-party tracking cookies and cryptomining blocked by default - Fingerprinting blocked under the Strict setting - Performance improvements on Windows 10 - Better battery life on macOS - Flash must be turned on manually every time https://venturebeat.com/.…