Mozilla launches Firefox 69 with enhanced privacy features

The Mozilla Foundation has announced the launch of its 69th version of its Web browser – Firefox – and has many new features, the most important of which is to prevent the search for cryptocurrencies and cookies (cookies) by default.

Mozilla launched the Enhanced Tracking Protection feature in June as a default setting for new Firefox users, without changing the settings of existing users. Now, the functionality is virtual for everyone.

The new feature targets third-party cookies, which are used to track Internet users for innocent targets, such as creating user profiles. The anti-tracking feature also targets the cryptocurrency exploration, a practice that takes place in the background, but solicits the processor and the battery power, thus affecting the experience of the computer. ;user.

Mozilla said in an article on its blog: that Firefox version 69 represents a milestone and a step forward in our efforts for years to provide more robust and usable capabilities to protect privacy, for all those who use Firefox .

Although enhanced tracking protection limits some of the tracking practices of Internet users, it does not offer 100% protection.

Firefox users can enable strict mode in their browser settings of the most recent version to prevent browser fingerprint, but they are not enabled by default. Mozilla said that the default fingerprint prevention feature would be available in a future browser.

The changes made to the latest version of Firefox are a continuation of Mozilla's strategy – announced a year ago – that aims to provide the best features to protect the privacy of users of tracking technologies.

With Mozilla, WebKit – the base of Apple's Safari browser – has recently announced a new tracking policy. Google has been forced to respond to pressure for privacy protection. In May, he announced changes in the way Chrome handles cookies, but they are not yet virtual.

The latest version of the Firefox browser for desktop computers, as well as for mobile devices running Android. It can be downloaded from the Mozilla website.