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  • Firefox 86 introduces Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, prevents cookies from being shared between websites

    Firefox 86 introduces Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, prevents cookies from being shared between websites

    This is pretty nifty.

    Firefox 86, which was recently released by Mozilla, has added a new Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, which works as follows:

    Total Cookie Protection works by maintaining a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Any time a website, or third-party content embedded in a website, deposits a cookie in your browser, that cookie is confined to the cookie jar assigned to that website, such that it is not allowed to be shared with any other website.

    If you’ve had a chance to try Firefox 86, please let us know about your experience in the comments.

    Firefox 86 is available for free and requires macOS 10.12 Sierra or later to install and run.

    Via The Mac Observer and blog.mozilla.org

  • Verizon allows for partial removal of UIDH “perma-cookie”, leaves some elements behind

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    This is the kind of thing that makes you wish your wireless carrier was humanoid, anthropomorphic and had a face you could punch at your leisure.

    Despite criticisms and public outcry, Verizon isn’t giving up on its UIDH “perma-cookie” advertising program—but the company will give subscribers a larger say in the matter. Verizon customers will soon have the ability to opt-out of the UIDH program.

    “We have begun working to expand the opt-out to include the identifier referred to as the UIDH, and expect that to be available soon,” a Verizon spokesperson said via email. The company did not provide a specific date for when the opt-out program would be available.

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  • AT&T ceases “permacookie” tracking program for the time being, Verizon still enacting its own version

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    There are consequences for when a wireless carrier installs something that apparently tracks its user base a little too closely with no convenient means of removal.

    Per Macworld and ProPublica, wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T have been caught up in a privacy firestorm over their use of so-called “permacookies,” a method of tracking what their users do while browsing the Web with the intent of sharing that data with advertisers. Verizon’s permacookie program lives on, but AT&T has ceased the practice.

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  • Google Chrome 5.0.307.7 Beta Released for Mac

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    Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 5.0.307.7 beta for the Mac. The new version, an 18.9 megabyte download, offers the following the following changes:

    – Extensions (finally!).
    – Bookmark sync.
    – Bookmark manager.
    – Cookie manager.
    – Task manager.
    – Support pinch to zoom on the Mac.
    – Cmd-three finger swipe opens prev/next page in new tab.

    Google Chrome requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later and an Intel-based Mac to install and run.

    If you’ve played with it and have an opinion, let us know what you think in the comments.