Most current web browsers offer us a series of functions related to privacy and security to protect us. To these we must add our own measures so as not to take risks while sailing.
An example of all this can be found in one of the most used proposals of this type, such as Mozilla’s Firefox. In fact, one of the main characteristics that define this web browser is the care it pays to our privacy. This is how it wants to differentiate itself from other alternatives such as the popular Google Chrome.
However, at this moment the company responsible for this project has just eliminated an important function related to this topic, privacy and security. And for some time now, Firefox offered us a tool especially suitable for avoiding tracking by websites. This means that the program itself blocked these tracking elements that are sometimes stored when we access certain pages.
In fact, at this time we could consider that this is one of the main factors that threaten our privacy when using the Internet. Hence the integration that Mozilla made in its project, although it seems that now it has taken a step back in this sense, as we are going to tell you.
We tell you all this because the company has removed support for the function that prevented website tracking in Firefox. Although it may seem at first that this is harmful in terms of the privacy of the browser, the company has given an explanation for all this.
Reasons why Firefox no longer has anti-tracking feature
Initially, the company itself claims that this was a setting that was largely ignored by most websites. This means that despite trying to avoid tracking those pages, it still occurred. That is to say, its main task actually left a lot to be desired.
But not only that, since Mozilla itself also considers that this function often served to reduce privacy as such, instead of increasing it. Hence, at this moment, you have decided to remove the feature from the browser by default. In short, the company behind the Firefox project considers that the function to prevent website tracking was ineffective.
It must be taken into consideration that this browser was the first to adopt this feature that we mentioned. However, it will now disappear starting with version 135 of the program, which will reach everyone in a few weeks.
What we do not know at the moment is whether the rest of the browsers will follow this same line set by Mozilla Firefox. By these we mean that it is possible that Chromium-based browsers, such as Google Chrome or Edge, also end up eliminating this privacy functionality due to its ineffectiveness.
Just as Firefox was the first to implement it, apparently it has also been the first to remove it from its default settings.
