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Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all desktop users worldwide | It is Firefox’s strongest privacy protection to date, confining cookies to the site where they were created

blog.mozilla.org Firefox Rolls Out Total Cookie Protection By Default | The Mozilla Blog

Updated Aug. 28, 2024. Take back your privacy Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection by default to more Firefox users worldwide, making Firefox the

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19163486

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This has been going around all over lemmy and I still had no idea what the actual news (if any) is supposed to be. So I did a diff against the 2022 version of this Mozilla blog entry. The differences:
Changed "Starting today, Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection to all Firefox users worldwide" to "Firefox is rolling out Total Cookie Protection to more Firefox users worldwide."
Added mention of Android.
Changed "recent stories" to just "stories", since the reporting on this is no longer recent.
The somewhat whimsical image from the 2022 version has been replaced with one that to me looks more generic and illustrates the technology less clearly, with more irrelevant detail in the alt text and no credit for the artist.
Changed "Today's release" to "The release".
2022's "Bringing Total Cookie Protection to all Firefox users is our next step towards creating a better internet, one where your privacy is not optional" changed to "While bringing Total Cookie Protection to more Firefox users has been one significant step in this journey, we have still kept our sights on an even safer, even better internet. And starting in 2024, all our users can look forward to Firefox blocking even more third party cookies. That’s right; we are taking big swings to adopt new cookie partitioning and clearing mechanisms so that users can browse with fewer cookies that won’t stick around as long and will result in an even better browsing experience. Just another step on our road towards creating a better internet where your privacy is not optional.
- Really the only difference is that it's on by default now. It was an optional feature before.
  
  Do you have a source for that?

Damn, these are some pretty great news. I block third party cookies by default on uBlock Origin anyway, but sometimes you have no choice but to enable them for the website to function. I'm glad Mozilla is implementing this.

Article from JUNE 14, 2022
- Nope they're right about this one, see below
  ~~Read to literally the next line of text and you find:~~
  ~~Updated Aug. 28, 2024.~~
  
  Look up the article on Wayback machine and you only find minimal updates over the years.
  The difference between this and the most recent snapshot from before Aug. 28, 2024 is just that they removed the link to a particular news story. Even checking the oldest snapshot, you can see there has been no significant change to the main content since it was originally posted years back.

How do I confirm it's enabled?
- Settings

So can I get rid of container tabs now
- container tabs don't just isolate but also give you the option to have multiple profiles without having to log in + out of websites. if you don't need that feature, then probably.

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