Firefox's "Total Cookie Protection" feature, which prevents cross-site tracking, is now available globally and will become the new standard.
Firefox's state partitioning into cookies could end malicious tracking for good
Total Cookie Protection made the jump from Mac and PC systems to Android devices earlier this year when it was added to the Firefox Focus mobile app. While the option was limited to certain regions, Firefox now says it is rolling out these protections to all users worldwide.
Essentially, the feature separates different cookies into their own areas to prevent them from accessing other information. So while a cookie from one website can keep track of your browsing while you’re on that particular site, it can’t track you when you move to another site. Additionally, separating the cookies from different sites prevents them from sharing information with each other.
It's an approach that Mozilla says "strikes a balance" between allowing sites to continue collecting analytics data and preventing sites and third-party cookies from becoming too intrusive. By making Total Cookie Protection the new default, it hopes to provide an extra layer of privacy and protection for users who may be unaware of the risks or don't know what to do about them.
