I feel like Firefox has been on a good run lately: better privacy, vertical tabs, a cute fox image you can have on your new tab page. I’ve always been a Firefox devotee, but I feel like they’re...
I feel like Firefox has been on a good run lately: better privacy, vertical tabs, a cute fox image you can have on your new tab page. I’ve always been a Firefox devotee, but I feel like they’re crushing it in particular right now.
Also, in the same way that Linux recently got a lot of interest from disgruntled Windows users, Firefox seems to have gotten a bit more shine to it for its adblocking capabilities in light of Chrome trying to tamp down on that.
Mozilla announced a major privacy upgrade in Firefox 145 that reduces even more the number of users vulnerable to digital fingerprinting.
The new protections will initially be available only in Private Browsing Mode and Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) Strict mode. After testing and optimization, they will be enabled by default in the Firefox web browser.
Now, ‘Phase 2’ protections are being rolled out, which block requests to discover installed fonts, hardware details, number of processor cores, multi-touch support, and dock/taskbar dimensions.
Specifically, the new protections constitute the following:
Random noise is added to background images only when a site reads them back, not when they are just displayed.
Only standard OS fonts are used; local fonts are blocked, except for key language fonts like Japanese, Thai, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Hebrew.
Touch support is reported as 0, 1, or 5.
The available screen resolution is the screen height minus 48 pixels.
Absolutely. I just hope that Google doesn't get skewered for preferential browser agreements as Firefox (from what I can see) relies on Google's payouts for a large part of its budget.
Absolutely. I just hope that Google doesn't get skewered for preferential browser agreements as Firefox (from what I can see) relies on Google's payouts for a large part of its budget.
I feel like Firefox has been on a good run lately: better privacy, vertical tabs, a cute fox image you can have on your new tab page. I’ve always been a Firefox devotee, but I feel like they’re crushing it in particular right now.
Also, in the same way that Linux recently got a lot of interest from disgruntled Windows users, Firefox seems to have gotten a bit more shine to it for its adblocking capabilities in light of Chrome trying to tamp down on that.
Original blog post from Mozilla:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/fingerprinting-protections/
Absolutely. I just hope that Google doesn't get skewered for preferential browser agreements as Firefox (from what I can see) relies on Google's payouts for a large part of its budget.