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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. Re:Online Advertising Response by houghi · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought the same about cable. However I just canceled mine.
    Good thing the creator of torrents.

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