Tracking cookies are harmful to your online privacy, and web browsers are built to block them.
Firefox Settings You Should Change for Privacy and Security
In June, Firefox enabled its Total Cookie Protection (TCP) mechanism by default for everyone. The feature had been in development for a long time and was introduced in a phased manner. TCP was specifically designed to silence online advertisers by giving them isolated access to browser cookies, severely limiting their ability to track people across websites.
“[TCP], also known as comprehensive state partitioning, is a major improvement in tracking protection because it prevents cookies and other cookie-like things from being used to track users between websites,” Arthur Edelstein, founder of PrivacyTests.org, told Lifewire via email.
Edelstein, a well-known advocate for web privacy, was until last year a product manager on the team that developed TCP. His website PrivacyTests.org monitors the status of privacy protections in all major browsers.
