Dear all

Firefox is a free and open web browser software. Chrome and Edge are not,
they have proprietary code  which none of us can study and find out how
they are spying on us ... please read article below

regards
Guru

Firefox's New Browser Will Keep Brands From Stalking You

source -
https://www.wired.com/story/firefoxs-new-browser-will-keep-brands-from-stalking?mbid=nl_090218_daily_list3_p3&CNDID=52749757

Online advertising is more than just annoying. It can also violate users’
privacy through tracking technology meant to help target ads and measure
response. Users have long had a range of tools at their disposal to combat
aggressive or nosey ad-tech. But these tools often require users to install
new software or poke around in their browser's settings. Today, Mozilla
<https://www.wired.com/tag/mozilla/>, the company behind the popular
Firefox browser, said
<https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2018/08/30/changing-our-approach-to-anti-tracking/>
it will take more aggressive measures to protect users' privacy.

Future versions of Firefox
<https://www.wired.com/story/firefox-quantum-the-browser-built-for-2017/>
will automatically block tracking codes placed by so-called third parties,
advertisers or other firms that are not the website publisher; users won’t
need to take any additional action. The feature is already being tested and
is expected to be included in Firefox later this year. It will also block
trackers that take too long to load. The features aren't designed to block
ads, but may prevent some from being displayed, because the ads include
tracking scripts that take too long to load.

Firefox already allows users to block tracking altogether, but the feature
isn't switched on by default unless you open a "Private Browsing" session.
The new features are more granular and switched on by default. They’re part
of a recent push by Mozilla to emphasize privacy, including its Focus
software that blocks trackers <https://www.wired.com/2015/12/mozilla-pivot/>
in iOS.

Mozilla isn't the first browser maker to offer protection against tracking
by default. Apple's Safari browser also blocks third-party trackers. But
unlike Safari, the test version
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/> of Firefox
includes the block against slow-loading trackers, which currently prevents
ads from appearing on Wired.com and other pages.

The features are similar to those offered by plug-ins such as Disconnect
<https://www.wired.com/2013/12/disconnect/> or Privacy Badger
<https://www.eff.org/privacybadger>. In fact, Mozilla relies on a list of
trackers created by the Disconnect team. "However, the majority of browser
users do not install such add-ons, leaving them vulnerable," says Firefox
product lead Peter Dolanjski, citing Mozilla's own research
<https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/usage-behavior> on user behavior. "By
enabling these features by default, we can protect many more users."

Mozilla is considering additional measures against annoying ads. Firefox
and other browsers have long blocked "pop-up" ads that open new windows.
But now a newer form of pop-ups that appear over web content without
opening a new window or tab have become popular. Dolanjski says Mozilla is
researching whether it’s possible to block these “modal” pop-ups, though
the company hasn’t committed to actually blocking them, if it proves
feasible. Users who want to help Mozilla with this research can install a
plug-in
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/in-page-pop-up-reporter/>
for reporting this newer type of pop-up.

Mozilla's approach is more aggressive than the ad-blocking now baked into
Google's Chrome
<https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blocker-change-web/> browser,
which only blocks ads on pages that engage in particularly obnoxious
advertising and isn't focused on protecting privacy. Microsoft recently
began bundling Adblock Plus with mobile versions of its Edge browser, but
it's not enabled by default.

While the approaches vary, there's a clear trend towards browsers taking a
more active role
<https://www.wired.com/2017/06/new-chrome-safari-will-reshape-web/> in
shaping the content users view. For years, browsers simply displayed
content the way web publishers specified, and ran whatever code was bundled
with those pages. That permissiveness led to a worse web, one plagued by
video that plays automatically, ads that stalk you across the web or spread
malware
<https://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/big-name-sites-hit-by-rash-of-malicious-ads-spreading-crypto-ransomware/>,
and pages that are bigger than the original *Doom* videogame
<https://www.wired.com/2016/04/average-webpage-now-size-original-doom/>.
The innovations now trickling out from browser makers have the potential to
reshape the web, but also put more control into the hands of big companies
like Apple, Google, and Microsoft, which make many of the most popular
browsers. Mozilla represents an alternative to these massive companies.

Firefox will be the most widely used browser to block trackers by default,
but it still trails Google’s Chrome in usage by a wide margin. According to
Statcounter
<http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/united-states-of-america/#monthly-201707-201807>,
Chrome has a nearly 60 percent share of the global browser market, while
Firefox has 5 percent. Safari has about 14 percent. Statcounter's rankings
didn't break out statistics for the privacy-centric browser from Brave, a
company founded by former Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich.


Education Team
IT for Change
Bangalore
www.ITforChange.net
080 26654134

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