{"id":1957,"date":"2021-06-02T18:04:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2021-06-07T11:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T06:06:18","slug":"cross-site-tracking-blocked-in-private-browsing-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/cross-site-tracking-blocked-in-private-browsing-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-site Tracking Blocked in Private Browsing \u2013 Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Firefox states that Mozilla users will be secured against cross-site tracking automatically while suffering on Internet in Private Browsing mode.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Firefox 98 version released today, the Total Cookie protection will be permitted by default in Private Browsing mode.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Total Cookie Protection is structured to force all websites to preserve their cookies in independent \u201cvase,\u201d to restrict them from tracking you across the web and constructing browsing profiles.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">In February 2021 it was first introduced in Firefox 86, this security feature was only active until now when users would manually toggle on ETP Strict Mode in their browser\u2019s setting.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Mozilla Total Cookie Protection?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Firefox Privacy and Security Senior Product Manager at Mozilla Arthur Edelstein state that \u201cThe Mozilla Total Cookie Protection is a sophisticated set of security advancements that administer a simple, revolutionary principle: your web browser should not permit the sharing of cookies between websites.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThis rule is now administered in Firefox Private Browsing windows by generating an independent cookie jar for each and every website you visit.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">While continuously blocking misbehaving websites that want to track you across the web, Total Cookie Protection does make a limited exception in the case of cross-site cookies needed for non-tracking purposes, such as the ones used by popularized third-party login providers.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are <strong>Privacy Protections Firefox Design<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cross-site-tracking-is-now-blocked-by-default-in-private-browsing-\u2013-Firefox-image1-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cross-site-tracking-is-now-blocked-by-default-in-private-browsing-\u2013-Firefox-image1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cross-site-tracking-is-now-blocked-by-default-in-private-browsing-\u2013-Firefox-image1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cross-site-tracking-is-now-blocked-by-default-in-private-browsing-\u2013-Firefox-image1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cross-site-tracking-is-now-blocked-by-default-in-private-browsing-\u2013-Firefox-image1-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/xiarch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cross-site-tracking-is-now-blocked-by-default-in-private-browsing-\u2013-Firefox-image1-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">As per as the Mozilla, while going through the web using Firefox\u2019s private mode will be restricted using the following privacy protection technologies, all enabled by default:<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Total Cookie Protection <\/strong>isolates cookies to the site where they are generated.<\/li><li><strong>Supercookie protections <\/strong>stop supercookies from tracking you from site to site.<\/li><li><strong>Many fingerprinting scripts are blocked, <\/strong>according to Disconnect list of invasive fingerprinting domains.<\/li><li><strong>Trackers are blocked, <\/strong>also includes cookies, scripts, tracking pixels, and other resources from domains on Disconnect list of known trackers.<\/li><li><strong>SmartBlock <\/strong>accurately fixes up web pages that were previously broken when tracking scripts were blocked.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">To enter into private browsing mode in Firefox, all you require to do is to launch the Application Menu by click the button (&nbsp;&nbsp; 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