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Mozilla has gone all out against social media trackers, with Firefox 70 blocking all cross-site tracking cookies from social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter; also allowing you to view everything that has been blocked through the Privacy Protection report.

The latest version of the open source browser, Firefox 70 builds on the Enhanced Tracking Protection that made debut on the previous version Firefox 69, where Mozilla turns the protection on by default for all the browser users. Now, the security and privacy features have been expanded to thwart all social media trackers.

While the social media trackers will be blocked by default on Firefox 70, you’ll also get to see what trackers are blocked and a quick overview of data breaches that your associated email address has been involved in recently.

The Lockwise integration continuously scans for password and database dumps that might contain your leaked credentials by comparing a hash of your passwords to passwords in the leaks, and also makes sure that you don't have to worry about the Firefox maker, or its workers, having access to your password.

Additionally, Mozilla has made it easier to generate secure passwords with Firefox 70 for new accounts, or secure saved passwords when logging in via the Lockwise feature. You’ll be prompted to allow Lockwise auto generate a safe and secure password, which can be saved directly in the browser.

And for already existing accounts, you can simply right click in the password field to access the securely generated passwords through the fill out option.

Also, Firefox 70 afford Windows users to get to use WebRender, as the feature has been opened up by Mozilla to those with PCs running Intel integrated graphics and display resolution lower than 1920-by-1200 pixels; and bringing improvements for battery life on Mac.

All other new features, and security fixes on Firefox 70 are available in the Release Notes, and given that Firefox update happens at the background, the changes will be automatic, but users can manually upgrade the browser via the hamburger menu to Help —> About Firefox, which the download should begin immediately.

Firefox 70 kills Facebook tracking and lets you track all Social media trackers



Mozilla has gone all out against social media trackers, with Firefox 70 blocking all cross-site tracking cookies from social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter; also allowing you to view everything that has been blocked through the Privacy Protection report.

The latest version of the open source browser, Firefox 70 builds on the Enhanced Tracking Protection that made debut on the previous version Firefox 69, where Mozilla turns the protection on by default for all the browser users. Now, the security and privacy features have been expanded to thwart all social media trackers.

While the social media trackers will be blocked by default on Firefox 70, you’ll also get to see what trackers are blocked and a quick overview of data breaches that your associated email address has been involved in recently.

The Lockwise integration continuously scans for password and database dumps that might contain your leaked credentials by comparing a hash of your passwords to passwords in the leaks, and also makes sure that you don't have to worry about the Firefox maker, or its workers, having access to your password.

Additionally, Mozilla has made it easier to generate secure passwords with Firefox 70 for new accounts, or secure saved passwords when logging in via the Lockwise feature. You’ll be prompted to allow Lockwise auto generate a safe and secure password, which can be saved directly in the browser.

And for already existing accounts, you can simply right click in the password field to access the securely generated passwords through the fill out option.

Also, Firefox 70 afford Windows users to get to use WebRender, as the feature has been opened up by Mozilla to those with PCs running Intel integrated graphics and display resolution lower than 1920-by-1200 pixels; and bringing improvements for battery life on Mac.

All other new features, and security fixes on Firefox 70 are available in the Release Notes, and given that Firefox update happens at the background, the changes will be automatic, but users can manually upgrade the browser via the hamburger menu to Help —> About Firefox, which the download should begin immediately.
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