The users’ privacy has always been the biggest concern of all the browsers working out there. Safari from Apple has been at the top when it comes to maintaining the user’s privacy, and slowly, the other browsers are also taking a step forward in the same regard.
Another browser maker, Mozilla, has also announced that the Firefox will now have by default privacy from the third-party tracking software, through its Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) feature. Though the company had introduced the very privacy feature last year in October, and even, made it official in June this year, the users had to manually turn on the feature. But from today onwards, the feature will be by default on for everyone.
The feature is integrated with the new version of Firefox, i.e. Firefox version 69. And, users who will upgrade their browser, whether on desktop or over their Android smartphones, they will also get the feature turned on by default. With ETP, the browser will also be blocking the cookies that are set by websites that want to steal the information, like user behaviour to send ads to the users or to sell the information further to other companies.
The new ETP feature will also take an action on the crypto mining or cryptojacking by blocking it by default for every user. Cryptomining is a type of malware that is capable of taking over the resources of a computer, draining the CPU as well as the battery. Cryptomining that runs in the background is responsible for ruining the user experience.
The company announced the news through a blog post, where it also said, “Currently over 20% of Firefox users have Enhanced Tracking Protection on. With today’s release, we expect to provide protection for 100% of ours users by default. Enhanced Tracking Protection works behind-the-scenes to keep a company from forming a profile of you based on their tracking of your browsing behaviour across websites — often without your knowledge or consent.”
Since the release of the feature in June, the company have been testing it in different use cases, and according to it, the feature is ready to provide complete protection to its users. From now on, with the latest version of Firefox, the users will see a shield icon beside the address bar on the left. By clicking on the shield they can see which of the companies have been blocked by ETP.
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