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Firefox Will Soon Block Third-Party Cookies

Posted by timothy on from the accept-only-genuine-chocolate-chip dept.

An anonymous reader writes "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. Kudos to Mozilla for protecting their users and being so open to community submissions. The initial response from the online advertising industry is unsurprisingly hostile and blustering, calling the move 'a nuclear first strike.'"

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  1. Need more nukes by femtobyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the advertising industry is still capable of responding, we obviously haven't nuked them enough yet.

  2. Re:Online Advertising Response by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait a second. "Think of the children" used to PROMOTE privacy? That's not how it's supposed to work! My head hurts, I have to go and lie down for a while...

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