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Mozilla's work on the Firefox browser's tracking protection feature continues unhindered. The
organization has now enabled a new option in Firefox 77, currently on the Nightly channel, that is
called Dynamic First Party Isolation.
Firefox users may use tracking protection presets currently or create custom rule sets for blocking
certain elements on websites that may be used for tracking.
When it comes to blocking cookies, the four custom options that are available in Firefox Stable
are:
A fifth option has been added to Firefox 77 Nightly. To access the controls, load
about:preferences#privacy in the Firefox address bar and select "custom" under Enhanced
Tracking Protection. A click on the menu next to cookies should display the new option.
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Blocking trackers and isolating cookies could impact the functionality of some sites.
Reload a page with trackers to load all content.
Some sites may not function correctly if certain elements are blocked on them. Mozilla suggests
that users disable tracking protection on the site by adding an exception, to allow it to load
correctly in the browser.
Firefox users may also use the following preference, network.cookie.cookieBehavior, to change
the cookie handling of the browser.
Note that tabs need to be reloaded before the new value takes effect.
Mozilla implemented First-Party Isolation in Firefox 55 as a Tor uplift feature. The feature has
never been exposed as a preference in Firefox but users could enable it by setting
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First party isolation means that all identifier sources and browser state are scoped
(isolated) using the URL bar domain.
Cookies, Cache, Dom Storage, and more are affected by the preference if it is enabled in Firefox.
One reason why it is not enabled by default by Mozilla is that it may break some websites when
enabled.
Firefox users who have set privacy.firstparty.isolate in the browser won't see any change when
they switch the cookie blocking value to include dynamic first-party isolation.
Now You: Do you block (some) cookies in your browser? (via Techdows)
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