Firefox: block ad trackers by default

The Mozilla Foundation he said that it intends to block all ad trackers in its future releases from before. firefox
The new settings are designed to be implemented gradually, starting with an initiative that focuses on blocking trackers that slow down page loading.

After that, the Mozilla Foundation plans to remove it που μπορεί να γίνει μεταξύ των σελίδων, και στη συνέχεια, θα προχωρήσει με τον αποκλεισμό του which also slows down computer performance.

"Some pages still want user data in exchange for content," Mozilla's Nick Nguyen said in a blog post, "but now they have to ask for it. It's a positive change for people who until now had no idea what they were being asked to do.

Firefox has already begun to test these features at Firefox Nightly, a pre-release Firefox updated every night. This version of Firefox currently includes a feature that prevents ad trackers slowing down the loading of pages. The Mozilla Foundation is planning to test this feature in September, and if it does, it will start blocking ad trackers by default on Firefox 63.

Tip: For those who are interested in new versions of Firefox Nightly they can find them here.

Firefox Nightly also already blocks cross-site tracking via the and also plans to conduct a study on this topic. The goal is to make this setting available in Firefox 65.

Finally, the Mozilla Foundation said that future releases of Firefox would eliminate by default "deceptive practices that collect invisibly identifiable user information or degrade the user experience," using techniques such as fingerprinting or cryptomining.

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