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Computer Love => Security => Topic started by: Skhilled on March 28, 2019, 08:36:45 AM

Title: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Skhilled on March 28, 2019, 08:36:45 AM
Firefox has added a feature to block more third-party cookies from tracking you! Read about it here:

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/02/04/putting-users-and-publishers-at-the-center-of-the-online-value-exchange
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Scrubmeister on March 28, 2019, 04:08:48 PM
I just downloaded the latest version to try again. Used Firefox a lot years ago then went with Chrome so I could sync all my devices.
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Skhilled on March 29, 2019, 07:59:05 AM
I did too but got tired of Google tracking everything and trying to get away from it.
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Scrubmeister on March 29, 2019, 08:01:17 AM
Google already knows everything about everybody.  :banghead:

Try blocking Google everything from your system and you don't get far these days.
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Skhilled on March 29, 2019, 08:05:45 AM
Read this and use the link to delete your data...some or all. Do it once in awhile so they have to reset things.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/13/17684660/google-turn-off-location-history-data (https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/13/17684660/google-turn-off-location-history-data)
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Scrubmeister on March 29, 2019, 08:09:03 AM
Good tips. Will do that to my phone today.

Wish there were third party systems to run phones.

Tried Firefox on my phone and it was so sloooooooooooooow. I had to remove it .
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Skhilled on March 29, 2019, 08:13:11 AM
It works fine on my Moto G4.
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Scrubmeister on March 29, 2019, 11:28:06 AM
Shutting off Google tracking was such a good idea that I had already done it.  :laugh:

Totally forgot that I did that. Sometimes I wonder about me.
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Skhilled on March 29, 2019, 06:50:14 PM
It's called old age...lol
Title: Re: Firefox Fights The Cookie Monster
Post by: Scrubmeister on March 30, 2019, 07:20:00 AM
A very real possibility!  :laugh: