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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Bad idea: Firefox Will Soon Block Third-Party
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Bad idea: Firefox Will Soon Block Third-Party Cookies
http://j.mp/YM28Jh (Slashdot)
"Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer has contributed a Firefox patch
that will block third-party cookies by default. It's now on track to
land in version 22."
- - -
No meaningful privacy enhancements will be provided to users by this
change, but contrary to what Mozilla is saying, it *will* break many
standard functions of many standard Web sites. Another "politically
correct" step by Mozilla that actually makes users' lives more
difficult.
--Lauren--
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