Wow that’s amazing I didn’t know that, and I’ve been using Firefox in like forever.
I just checked my browser settings, and sure there it was: edit menu -> settings -> privacy and security
And it was enabled just like the page you linked writes it’s supposed to be. 👍
I have no idea when that feature was added, I never noticed any negative results from it. Everything works like it’s supposed to, like digital signature, banking, and a number of special sites that use cookies to make it easier to use them.
Nice to know I don’t always have to use private windows to avoid cookie snooping between sites.
Another win for Firefox! 😀 😎 👍
Cookies can contain fingerprints, but they’re also used for a bunch of other things, like keeping you logged in, remembering your shopping cart rather than clearing it every page load, storing preferences, remembering if your device has a high DPI screen (so a fresh page load knows to serve higher quality images), etc. Anything where small amounts of data have to be persisted and shared across both the client-side and server-side. They’re not always evil.
If your device has a high DPI screen, I would hope they would be able to determine that each time rather than have to take up storage space on MY device recalling that fact.
One of the benefits of firefox and it’s derivatives:
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/features/total-cookie-protection/
Yes sites can save cookies on your PC, but it stops sites from looking at each other’s cookies.
Wow that’s amazing I didn’t know that, and I’ve been using Firefox in like forever.
I just checked my browser settings, and sure there it was: edit menu -> settings -> privacy and security
And it was enabled just like the page you linked writes it’s supposed to be. 👍
I have no idea when that feature was added, I never noticed any negative results from it. Everything works like it’s supposed to, like digital signature, banking, and a number of special sites that use cookies to make it easier to use them.
Nice to know I don’t always have to use private windows to avoid cookie snooping between sites.
Another win for Firefox! 😀 😎 👍
Unfortunately, cookies are passé now. Have fun:
Am I Unique
Since You Arrived
I think browsers need to start fighting back with fake intelligence.
Those two links are talking about fingerprinting.
Cookies can contain fingerprints, but they’re also used for a bunch of other things, like keeping you logged in, remembering your shopping cart rather than clearing it every page load, storing preferences, remembering if your device has a high DPI screen (so a fresh page load knows to serve higher quality images), etc. Anything where small amounts of data have to be persisted and shared across both the client-side and server-side. They’re not always evil.
Well, yes, of course, but the context here was the evil kind of cookies.
If your device has a high DPI screen, I would hope they would be able to determine that each time rather than have to take up storage space on MY device recalling that fact.
I don’t see it on mobile unfortunately.
I see it on mine. Look at the top option underneath the Enhanced Tracking Protection menu (click it to open that menu). It is on by default - nice!
Ahhhhh I didn’t see that. The label isn’t clear if you’re skimming. Thanks!