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Will Firefox 22 block third-party cookies by default?
Settled on 07/01/2013 06:28 Settled by kruijs
Yesterday, the open-source developer announced it was collaborating with a new initiative, dubbed "Cookie Clearinghouse," or CCH, launched by Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society.
Earlier this year, the feature was set to debut in Firefox 22, which launches next Tuesday, June 25. Later, it seemed on track for Firefox 23, the edition slated to ship Aug. 6. But a month ago, Mozilla postponed cookie-blocking's implementation, saying it needed to "collect and analyze data on the effect of blocking some third-party cookies," specifically the impact of false-positives and false-negatives.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240218/Mozilla_again_postpones_Firefox_third_party_cookie_blocking_this_time_for_months
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A patch working its way through the Mozilla testing process promises to significantly increase privacy and reduce online tracking for Firefox users by blocking third-party cookies. With the Do Not Track standard fizzling, it's an important development.
A patch submitted to Mozilla and incorporated into Firefox version 22 is now working its way through the testing process. It defines a new cookie policy for Firefox, which the policy’s author, Stanford grad student Jonathan Mayer, describes in this mini-FAQ:
How does the new Firefox cookie policy work?
Roughly: Only websites that you actually visit can use cookies to track you across the web.
More precisely: If content has a first-party origin, nothing changes. Content from a third-party origin only has cookie permissions if its origin already has at least one cookie set.
http://www.zdnet.com/firefox-raises-the-online-privacy-bar-with-new-cookie-policy-7000011740/
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