We are currently working on a good deal of under-the-hood improvements to enhance the performance of GeckoView. It allows us to implement many amazing new features. In October we were happy to announce that Firefox Focus was going to be powered by Mozilla’s own mobile engine GeckoView. The new Firefox Focus allowlist unblocks cookies and trackers for the current page visit. As soon as you navigate to another website, the setting resets so you don’t have to worry about a forgotten setting that could weaken your privacy.
But no worries, we’re here to offer a solution: With just 2 clicks you can now add websites to the new Firefox Focus “allowlist”, which unblocks cookies and trackers for the current page visit. When you block cookies, you might find that some pages may no longer work properly. This enables you to allow cookies if they contribute to the user experience for a website while still preventing trackers from being able to track you across multiple sites, offering you the same products over and over again and recording your online behavior.įirefox Focus now allows users to choose individually which cookies to accept. If you go with the latter option, which is new to Firefox Focus and also the new default, cross-site tracking will be prevented. You can choose to block all cookies on a website, no cookies at all – the default so far –, third party cookies or only 3rd party tracking cookies as defined by Disconnect’s Tracking Protection list. Today we are pleased to announce that Firefox Focus is following this lead.
At Firefox, we are committed to giving users control and letting them decide what information is collected about them, which is why we recently introduced our Enhanced Tracking Protection approach and added corresponding improvements to Firefox for desktop. However, cookies and trackers can create snail-paced experiences, and are also used to follow users across the Internet – often times without their knowledge. We initially created Firefox Focus to provide smartphone users with a tracking-free browsing experience that allows them to feel safe when navigating the web, and do it faster, too. We also have an update for iOS users with Search Suggestions.Įnhanced privacy settings in Firefox Focus Today’s release truly reflects this philosophy: Android users can now individually decide which publishers they want to share data with and are warned when they access risky content. In order to ensure that users still feel secure and protected while browsing, we’ve implemented features that offer privacy and control in all of our products, including Firefox Focus.
The Internet is a huge playground, but also has a few dark corners.
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