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Title: Firefox gets its own intelligent tracker blocking in latest version
Post by: HCK on March 24, 2021, 04:05:20 pm
Firefox gets its own intelligent tracker blocking in latest version

"At Mozilla, we believe that privacy is a fundamental right and that everyone deserves to have their privacy protected while they browse the web."

What you need to know


A new version of Mozilla's Firefox browser is available for Mac.
Version 87 introduces 'SmartBlock' a new tracking blocker for private browsing.


The latest version of Firefox comes with a new SmartBlock antitracking feature to help make browsing more private on macOS Big Sur and beyond.

In an announcement the company stated:


  Today, with the launch of Firefox 87, we are excited to introduce SmartBlock, a new intelligent tracker blocking mechanism for Firefox Private Browsing and Strict Mode. SmartBlock ensures that strong privacy protections in Firefox are accompanied by a great web browsing experience.


SmartBlock is designed to fix issues caused by very strict privacy protections that often result in websites breaking or not loading properly:


  In building these extra-strong privacy protections in Priva...

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