{"id":3275,"date":"2021-02-24T06:11:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1340262"},"modified":"2021-02-24T06:11:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:11:28","slug":"firefox-86-introduces-total-cookie-protection-should-you-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=3275","title":{"rendered":"Firefox 86 introduces \u2018total cookie protection\u2019 \u2014 should you care?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mozilla is now rolling out <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/23\/latest-firefox-release-includes-multiple-picture-in-picture-and-total-cookie-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Firefox 86<\/a> for desktop \u2014&nbsp;<span>Macs, Windows, and Linux systems. The browser update brings features such as multiple picture-in-picture mode, and<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While these features are nice, Firefox 86 also brings total cookie protection, and that\u2019s very important for your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>How will it benefit you? Usually, a website uses cookies to remember your preferences, and other websites or advertisers access that data to target you with specific ads. That\u2019s how when you search for shoes on Amazon, you get ads for shoes on other sites.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox 86\u2019s new Total Cookie Protection prevents one site from reading another site\u2019s cookies containing your data. As this graphic explains, the browser creates a separate cookie jar for each site. So it can still store your preferences while protecting your data.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-featured_img wp-image-1340264 lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/panels-4-1536x768-796x398.png\" alt width=\"796\" height=\"398\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/panels-4-1536x768-796x398.png 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/panels-4-1536x768-280x140.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/panels-4-1536x768-540x270.png 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/panels-4-1536x768-270x135.png 270w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/02\/panels-4-1536x768.png 1536w\"><figcaption>Credit: Firefox<\/figcaption><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2021\/02\/24\/firefox-86-cookie-protection-analysis\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2021%2F02%2F24%2Ffirefox-86-cookie-protection-analysis%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Total Cookie Protection confines all cookies from each website in a separate cookie jar\" data-title=\"Share Total Cookie Protection confines all cookies from each website in a separate cookie jar on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Total Cookie Protection confines all cookies from each website in a separate cookie jar on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>Total Cookie Protection confines all cookies from each website in a separate cookie jar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that Total Cookie Protection is not turned on by default in your standard mode. You will have to choose strict privacy settings for that;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here\u2019s how you can do it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This new feature is another step in the company\u2019s effort to curb customer data tracking. Mozilla introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/04\/firefox-now-available-with-enhanced-tracking-protection-by-default\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Enhanced Tracking Protection<\/a> in 2019 to block malicious cookies from clients. Last month it rolled out protection measures from <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/security\/2021\/01\/26\/supercookie-protections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Supercookies<\/a> \u2014 a type of cookies that are hard to track and delete.<\/p>\n<p>You can download Firefox 86 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Did you know we have a newsletter all about consumer tech? It\u2019s called Plugged In \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/thenextweb\/plugged-in\">and you can subscribe to it right here<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published February 24, 2021 \u2014 06:11 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/plugged\/2021\/02\/24\/firefox-86-cookie-protection-analysis\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla is now rolling out Firefox 86 for desktop \u2014&nbsp;Macs, Windows, and Linux systems. 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