Firepox Introduces Privacy Features to Curb the Fingerprint Tracking
Firefox, the browser that enjoys nearly 6% market share in the world, recently unveiled some impressive privacy features. That will prevent sites from ‘finger print tracking.’
Fingerprinting:
Fingerprinting can be used to identify individual devices or users and track them across multiple websites even when cookies are turned off. As the name implies, a “fingerprint” of the system is created, which serves as a unique identifier. For a long time, this tracking technology was only successful if the user did not use several browsers in parallel. Today fingerprinting also allows tracking of a user across multiple browsers on the same device.
The method allows sites to track you, even after you have cleared your cookies, through numerous tiny details about your system configuration. That’s certainly a big privacy concern.
The browser will also explicitly block crypto-currency mining scripts that attempt to secretly take your computer’s resources to mine digital currency or other make your system like a mini server.
Fingerprint Tracking : Latest Status
The anti-tracking feature and blocking of mining scripts will be available in Firefox’s Nightly builds in version 68 and its Beta Builds in version 67. To enable the feature, open the privacy tab, select Custom within Content Blocking and tick boxes next to Cryptominers and Fingerprinters option.
As the competition in browser space is getting hot with the arrival of ‘Brave’ browser, it’s a right move at the right time by Firefox.
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Srini