Today, Firefox is introducing Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) 2.0, our next step in continuing to provide a safe and private experience for our users. ETP 2.0 protects you from an advanced tracking technique called redirect tracking, also known as bounce tracking. We will be rolling out ETP 2.0 over the next couple of weeks.
  • Ephera
    9•4 years ago

    TL;DR: Mozilla were already blocking third-party Cookies, so the ad industry started making webpages redirect to their domain (so that they could set a Cookie as first party).
    Now Firefox will also automatically delete first-party Cookies that are known to be tracking Cookies.

    This excludes Cookies from webpages where you might legitimately be logged in, like Google or Facebook.

    • @racoon
      4•4 years ago

      Thanks for the explained summary

    • @Kamui
      2•4 years ago

      Love TL;DR’s :)

  • @jsgohac
    5•4 years ago

    Great news on the redirect blocking, especially if it works on big sites like medium

  • @racoon
    4•4 years ago

    Right now, my browser saves hundreds or thousands of cookies. I would rather press a button to save cookies: make the saving of cookies Opt-in, otherwise (Without having the browser nagging me every second) delete them forever.

    Most of the web seems to have been designed by people who had too much trust in the humanity