The latest release of Mozilla's Firefox browser will now block third-party tracking cookies by default. The privacy protection arrived Tuesday in Firefox 67.0.1. "When it comes to privacy, default ...

After announcing new security efforts in June, Mozilla is now rolling out the features for all Firefox users on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. By partnering with Disconnect, Firefox will now block ...

Windows users can become a lot more invisible to advertisers on the Web, thanks to an update to Mozilla Firefox featuring a tracking-protection measure that’s on by default when you install the ...

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It’s also better at dealing with slow-loading ads It’s also better at dealing with slow-loading ads The latest version of Firefox lets you block videos that autoplay with sound around the web. The ...

So, yes, there is code for an ad-blocker in the last two versions of Firefox, but it’s off by default, and there’s no user interface to enable it. (There are ways round this, and we'll return to that ...

An upcoming release of Firefox will give users the option to block two increasingly common and ugly aspects of today's web: browser fingerprinting and cryptomining scripts. Neither type of script is ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Mozilla has always been a strong advocate for internet privacy. More ...

Firefox, the open source Internet browser claiming 11% of global market share, has announced it will no longer allow third-party tracking cookies. Other companies have discouraged tracking cookies, ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There’s a growing split over how much room browsers should leave for ad blocking — and Chrome and Firefox have ...

The latest version of Firefox automatically blocks autoplaying videos with sound and brings other new features to Mozilla's popular web browser. Credit: leon neal/AFP/Getty Images Execute Firefox 66.