Breaking News Mozilla Firefox 89 Blocks Cross-Site Cookie Tracking By Default in Private Browsing To Safe |

Firefox will, however, still share cookies between websites once they are needed for cross-site loginsMozilla has extended its protection against cross-site tracking for all Firefox users accessing the online through Private Browsing windows. 

The change comes through a security feature called Total Cookie Protection that's enabled by default Firefox 89 — the newest version. 

Mozilla claimed that its Total Cookie Protection is predicated on a principle that restricts the Firefox browser from sharing Web cookies between websites and keeps them separately in several “cookie jars” to assist protect user identity to some extent.

Total Cookie Protection was first provided to users who have enabled the strict Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) mode on Firefox 86 in February. 

However, Mozilla has now extended its availability and enabled it by default for all users on Firefox 89.

By enabling Total Cookie Protection by default, Mozilla said during a blog post that every website you visit during a Private Browsing window are going to be given a separate cooky jar where Firefox will keep cookies continued thereto site only. this is often unlike the normal approach during which Web browsers allow websites to share cookies.

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“Total Cookie Protection covers not just cookies but a spread of browser technologies that previously were ready to be used for cross-site tracking,” the nonprofit organisation said.

However, there are some exceptions. Mozilla said that the new feature does allow sharing of cookies between websites once they are needed for cross-site logins and any similar cross-site functionality.

You are not required to perform any specific actions to urge the new security environment, and every one you would like to try to to is to modify to a personal Browsing window to urge Total Cookie Protection into place. 

you'll open a personal Browsing window by clicking on the appliance Menu button then choosing the New Private Window option. Alternatively, you'll press CTRL+ SHIFT + P on a Windows machine or CMD + SHIFT + P on a Mac computer to modify to a personal Browsing window.

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In addition to Total Cookie Protection, Firefox has enabled an inventory of features by default when using private browsing sessions. 

These include supercookie protections that stop supercookies from following you from one site to a different and SmartBlock that fixes up sites that were previously broken when tracking scripts were blocked.

The browser privately Browsing also blocks elements including cookies, scripts, tracking pixels, and other resources from domains on Disconnect's list of known trackers. It also restricts fingerprint scripts and clears cookies also as caches once the private browsing session ends.

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Alongside the default protection layer against cross-site cookie sharing, Firefox 89 comes with a redesigned experience that brings a cleaner Web browsing experience. it's detached tabs and simpler navigation. The updated browser is out there for download on desktops.

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