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#Firefox 86 introduces ‘total cookie protection’ — should you care?

#Firefox 86 introduces ‘total cookie protection’ — should you care?

Mozilla is now rolling out Firefox 86 for desktop — Macs, Windows, and Linux systems. The browser update brings features such as multiple picture-in-picture mode, and

While these features are nice, Firefox 86 also brings total cookie protection, and that’s very important for your privacy.

How will it benefit you? Usually, a website uses cookies to remember your preferences, and other websites or advertisers access that data to target you with specific ads. That’s how when you search for shoes on Amazon, you get ads for shoes on other sites.

Firefox 86’s new Total Cookie Protection prevents one site from reading another site’s cookies containing your data. As this graphic explains, the browser creates a separate cookie jar for each site. So it can still store your preferences while protecting your data.

Credit: Firefox
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