- Author｜lucywang
- Source｜Shouhou.com
- Release time｜2021-03-11
Mozilla has officially released the Firefox 86 Firefox browser, which supports Linux, Windows and MacOS operating systems. It has provided the firefox-86.0.tar.bz2 software package for Linux 64-bit system to download. Users who use the old version can find the Firefox option in the help Update automatically.
Total Cookie Protection is a major privacy improvement of Firefox in ETP strict mode. Total Cookie Protection restricts cookies to the website that created them. This prevents tracking companies from using these cookies to track your browsing between websites.
Cookie is a simple text file saved in the client computer. This file is associated with a specific Web document and saves the information when the client accesses the Web document. When the client accesses the Web document again, the information can be used. For use in this document. Because "Cookie" has the magical feature that can be stored on the client, it can help us realize the function of recording the user's personal information, and all this does not need to use complicated CGI and other programs. It is a useful technology, but it is also a serious privacy hole. This is because the common behavior of web browsers allows cookies to be shared between websites, allowing those who spy on you to "tag" your browser and track you as you browse. For a long time, this cookie-based tracking has been the most popular method of gathering user intelligence. This is a key component of large-scale commercial tracking, allowing advertising companies to quietly create detailed personal information for you to create user portraits.
In 2019, Firefox introduced enhanced tracking protection by default, blocking cookies from companies identified as trackers by Disconnect partners. However, the developers of Firefox hope to take the protection to a new level and create more comprehensive protections against cookie-based tracking to ensure that cookies are not used to track your travel from one site to another when you browse the Web. Browsing History.
"Total Cookie Protection" works by maintaining a separate "cookie jar" for each website you visit. Whenever a website or a third-party content embedded in a website stores a cookie in your browser, the cookie will be restricted to the cookie jar assigned to that website, thus disallowing sharing with any other website.
In addition, when cross-site cookies are required for non-tracking purposes (such as those used by popular third-party login providers), Total Cookie Protection restricts cross-site cookies. Only when Total Cookie Protection detects that you intend to use a provider, it will grant the provider the right to use cross-site cookies specifically for the website you are currently visiting. This temporary exception may not affect your browsing experience. Provide strong privacy protection in the case of
Combined with the Supercookie protection announced by Firefox last month, Total Cookie Protection provides a comprehensive partition of cookies and other website data between websites in Firefox. The combination of these security protection features makes it impossible for websites to "tag" your browser, thereby eliminating the most common cross-site tracking technology.
Total Cookie Protection is suitable for users who strictly control "Enhanced Tracking Protection" under "Options> Privacy and Security".
