The new stable version of Firefox (70) brings a new safety feature. It's called Social Tracking Protection. Let's see how it can help:
It's no secret that social networks they track us and collect as much of our information as possible. The goal, of course, is profit.
What average internet users may not know is that social networks can track us even when we are not using them. To do this they use Trackers embedded in other websites. This way they can and do monitor our browser habits even if we are not connected or registered in social networks.
Tracking blockers have been around for a long time in modern times programs browsing and Firefox has different tools to protect you from this social network behavior.
The latest version of the program tourς που κυκλοφόρησε η Mozilla είναι ο Firefox 70 και ένα από τα highlights που περιέχει είναι και το Social Tracking Protection (υπάρχει στο Enhanced Tracking Protection).
The social tracking protection (Social Tracking Protection) concerns the tracking found in social networks such as Facebook, the Twitter και το LinkedIn. Αυτά τα δίκτυα διανέμουν tracking cookies gso they can track us between websites we visit. The new Social Tracking Protection feature is an arsenal of tracking protection tools in Firefox and will help improve our privacy while browsing the web.
What you need to know is that Social Tracking Protection is enabled by defaultchoice στον Firefox σε όλες τις platforms, so you don't need additional settings for your protection.
Mozilla reports:
Firefox blocks the most common trackers from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
The default browser setting provides a good balance for protection and performance. You will not experience any problems while browsing the web.
On the other hand, if you use the strict level of blocking, many more trackers may be blocked, but there is a risk that pages will not load properly.
Mozilla also states that despite Firefox monitoring social media protection, there is a possibility that some monitoring may occur and there is nothing you can do about it.
"The social Companies they will still be able to collect data about you if you use their services to log in to other websites (with your Facebook or Twitter account).”
To see the results of the new Firefox protection, open the internal about: protections