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Jesus M. Gonzalez-BarahonaFirefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefox-rolls-out-total-cookie-protection-by-default-to-all-users-worldwide/ It creates a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Instead of allowing trackers to link up your behavior on multiple sites, they just get to see behavior on individual sites.
otheorange_tag@jgbarah So I don't need to use a different browser on each site? no more konqueror for amazon, chrome for mastodon, firefox for FB, opera(oh sht they use the same stuff as another now?) all with incognito? hmm I think I'll keep doing that
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majinnaibu@jgbarah Hmmm, might have to start using it again.
Frederick@jgbarah They just had to abbreviate it TCP huh 🙄
Shubham Arora@jgbarah is this the final rollout? I think I have been reading the same news for years.
eishiya@arshubham They've been rolling it out gradually for a long time - I suspect the fear was that this might break enough websites that it would be a problem for the average user.
The article says this is for "all users" now.
Tuxicoman
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Lonewolf@jgbarah might have to switch back to Firefox from brave
AidanOnLearning@jgbarah This is definitely a step in the right direction. Glad to see Firefox implementing this additional protection.
IDGAF Certified@jgbarah This is how cookies should have worked from the beginning.
notsoloud@jgbarah
Even if you reject/delete cookies, Firefox sends data that is used to fingerprint and track you.
Minimize that by fixing this setting:
*Type about:config in address bar
*Search for privacy.resistFingerprinting
*Toggle it to "true"
More info:
https://www.bitestring.com/posts/2023-03-19-web-fingerprinting-is-worse-than-I-thought.html
gws@jgbarah the cookie values are still supplied by the remote sites, how does this stop them from correlating and tracking individuals anyway?
@gws
In general, they cannot, because cookies in different "jars" seem to correspond to different browsers
In general, they cannot, because cookies in different "jars" seem to correspond to different browsers
Nomad Skateboarding@jgbarah Even with all the ups and downs Mozilla has gone through, I still don't grok why the rest of us don't get on board and support the projects that they're doing?
As someone in the WordPress space, I see almost every single initiative that Mozilla is pushing being spoken about or attempted in our space. But I've rarely (ever?) seen reference to what they're doing.