Firefox Adds Tracking Protection, Audio Tab Indicators, and More
Mozilla has added tracking protection to Firefox’s private browsing mode, so Firefox not only doesn’t save your browsing history, but it blocks ads and other content on websites that try to track your every move .
Private Browsing mode prevents your browsing history from being saved, but prevents you from browsing the web without a trace . Sites that you visit, even in private browsing mode, may attempt to collect data about you through ads, analytics trackers, social media buttons, and other web elements.
Firefox Tracking Protection works automatically when you go into Private Browsing on Windows, Mac, Android or Linux. If your site doesn’t function without these trackers, you can unblock them by turning off Tracking Protection for that particular site. Basically, it works as an ad blocker for your private browsing sessions.
On the desktop, Firefox also now has sound indicators for tabs, so you can tell which sites are making noise and turn them off with one click without leaving your current tab. And on Android, you can now open links from apps in the background .
Learn more about the new tracking protection in the Mozilla blog post below. Venture Beat also offers a summary of the changes in Firefox 42 .
Firefox Now Offers a More Private Browsing Experience | Mozilla Blog