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On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 3:50 PM IT for Change - Education < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > 1. Webpage for this HindiSTF is : > https://groups.google.com/d/forum/hindistf > 2. For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions > 3. 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