Find out cookies tried tracking you through Firefox 70 - Know cookies tracking Firefox 70!
Mozilla Firefox has been making privacy its hobbyhorse for a while. The browser already activates by default its blocking functionality for tracking Internet users, so that cookies and trackers can no longer follow you when you are browsing on different sites, while allowing really useful cookies to work.
With version 70 for computers, Mozilla goes even further by offering more transparency on the operation of this tracking blocker so that you have a better idea of the number as well as the nature of the cookies and tracers that try to follow you on the Web.
Know cookies tracking Firefox 70 - Find out who tried to track you
In reality, all PC browsers offer a feature that identifies cookies (but these are not necessarily blocked as in Firefox).
However, with Mozilla Firefox 70, the way to display this information is clearer.
When you click on the little shield to the left of the URL bar, Firefox displays a list of all cookies and tracers that have been blocked. In addition, these elements are classified into different categories: social network trackers, cross-site tracking cookies, content used for tracking, digital fingerprints, as well as minors of cryptocurrencies.
For each category of blocked content, Mozilla displays a small explanatory note. For example, for fingerprints, Mozilla explains that fingerprint sensors collect your browser settings to create a profile of you and follow you while you browse the internet.
And finally, Mozilla Firefox also offers a report (click on "View report") on the number of trackers that the browser blocked while you were on the internet.
If these blockages already took place in the background on the previous version of the browser, the new features brought by Firefox 70 offer more transparency on this subject.
"Much of this work has been done behind the scenes - virtually invisible to you - so that when you use Firefox, privacy protections work in the background. But now that the threats to your privacy are increasing, it is clear that you need more visibility on how you are followed online to be able to better fight them, "explains Mozilla.
Between July 2019 and October 2019, the browser would have blocked more than 450 billion tracking attempts.
Critical flaw in Mozilla Firefox, update the browser!
Mozilla has just discovered a flaw already exploited in Firefox that would allow an attacker to take control of the victim's machine. An update is already available.
If you are using the Mozilla Firefox browser, it is strongly advised to check that it has already been updated on your device and that you are already on Firefox 72.0.1 or Firefox ESR 68.4.1. Indeed, Mozilla, the foundation that offers this browser, has just revealed a critical flaw that is corrected with these two versions.
"Incorrect alias information in the IonMonkey JIT compiler to define the array elements can cause type confusion. We are aware of targeted attacks in nature that abuse this flaw, "reads the ad.
The discovery of this flaw is credited to Qihoo 360, a Chinese cybersecurity company.
Update, immediately
The importance of this flaw is such that in the United States, for example, the Department of Homeland Security is asking users and businesses to make the necessary updates.
“Mozilla has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Firefox and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. This vulnerability has been detected in exploits in the wild. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Firefox 72.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.4.1 and apply the necessary updates, "said the department.
Normally, on computer, Mozilla Firefox updates itself automatically. However, you can check if you are already on the latest version by clicking on the menu, then Help, then About Firefox.