If you’re concerned about your online privacy in the social sphere, Mozilla’s Firefox 70 browser may be what you’re looking for.
The company has stated that it will be adding a dedicated social tracking protection component to its Firefox 70.0 update.
Social tracking protection will get its own section in Firefox 70 settings. The current Content Blocking section will also be renamed to Enhanced Tracking Protection. Social tracking protection will be enabled by default, but it won’t be too aggressive so as not to break websites. Users can manually configure is as they see fit after installation.
The main social domains it will block:
- Occulus
- Facebook Messenger
- TweetDeck
- YouTube
The Tracking Protection Panel van also view blocked domains as needed.
Mozilla offered the following statement as to the feature:
At Mozilla, we work in the open. Sometimes, it happens that the things we are testing and considering are made public prior to any final determination of what will ultimately become part of our product and service offerings. Until we make a public announcement or you see it appear in the general release of Firefox or other products, there is no guarantee that an experimental feature or experience will make it into the Firefox product offerings.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer and BleepingComputer