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)

update: I read the post and the last paragraph talks about the full blocking of third-party cookies as a thing that’s “starting in 2024” (future tense). So my best guess is it’s that, but whatever the August 28th update was could have cleared all this up.

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LWD@lemm.ee

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1 month ago

So the update is, Firefox now blocks all third party cookies by default?

That’s great and new news… I just wish this post reflected that, so I wouldn’t have to dig through comments to figure out what changed between 2022 and today.

I was confused enough when they initially announced Total Cookie Protection in 2021 and then re-announced it as rolled out to all users in 2022.

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everett@lemmy.ml

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1 month ago

I think that’s what it is, except my use of the term “block” was mostly wrong. This seems to accept them but keep them isolated, defeating their effectiveness as a way to track users across sites.

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LWD@lemm.ee

2 points

1 month ago

I don’t think it’s anyone’s fault for being confused or misinterpreting what’s in the article, because even Mozilla calls it blocking:

And starting in 2024, all our users can look forward to Firefox blocking even more third party cookies.

The linked page is even more confusing, because it provides a link back to this page for clarification about which third party cookies are being blocked.

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