The Android version of the Firefox Focus browser receives another level of data protection. Mozilla brings his Complete cookie protection Function to the app to cope with the cross-site tracking.
The function saves cookies from every website you visit in “cookie jars”. Saving cookies separately should help prevent you from following you on the internet and provide companies with data about your surfing behavior, such as how you are surfing. B. Details about the products you are looking for and the websites you have visited. This information can be used for ad targeting and other purposes.
Mozilla calls Total Cookie Protection one of its strongest data protection measures yet and is a key weapon in its longstanding battle against Web tracking. In June, in addition to a redesign of the browser, the organization the function activated by default if the data protection mode is active in Firefox.
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Firefox Focus has privacy Enabled by default, so it makes sense to bring Total Cookie Protection there. Mozilla is the first mobile Firefox browser to offer this feature.
Many websites embed files that are hosted on other servers. To avoid problems caused by isolating cookies with Total Cookie Protection, Mozilla is taking action SmartBlock and some other functions. These are to prevent websites from breaking – SmartBlock often replaces blocked trackers, so websites render as usual.
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