Hello! It is well known that Mozilla Firefox is one of the most used browsers worldwide. Although its market share is surpassed by Chrome and the new Microsoft Edge, it still has its legion of followers. This is because, from the beginning of the browser, it always bets on the user’s privacy and security. Indeed, these aspects are essential when surfing the net. Since it is necessary to keep our data safe. Information leaks have been determined when browsing certain pages or when using services and platforms. Logically, our data has commercial value. They can be used for advertising purposes, receive spam, and be sold to third parties. For this reason, browsers can be enhanced with extensions to increase security and privacy. However, Firefox incorporates an integrated function for this purpose. Consequently, let’s see how to enable redirection tracking protection in Firefox.
How to be safe from redirection tracking?
Tracking redirection is used by websites, to prevent the browser from blocking online tracking. It may sound complicated, but the mechanism is very simple. That is, even if the browser blocks third-party cookies, redirect tracking adds the tracker’s site to the browsing event. Consequently, it makes it the first in context. For example, when going from one website to another, we briefly enter an intermediary site. Although this process is imperceptible to the user, privacy is compromised. Because the tracker can associate tracking data with the identifiers stored in the cookies. This way, it can forward this data to third parties.
Conversely, Firefox’s anti-tracking redirection protection does delete those cookies and data from the site. Specifically, it will clear data such as image cache, network, cookies, ServiceWorkers, DOM notifications, AP reports, etc.
How to enable this protection in Mozilla Firefox.
Earlier we talked about the optional features in Chrome and Edge. In fact, in these browsers, they are called flags. Well, in Firefox it is also possible to access these optional and experimental options. With this intention, you only have to enter the following in the navigation bar: about:config. Please accept the risks and continue.
Next, locate the next item by typing in the search: privacy.purge_trackers.enabled. Please change the value to True.
Then find the parameter:network.cookie.cookieBehavior. Please note that you must modify the values according to the version of Firefox. That is, if the version is 79 then set it to 4 or 5. If the version is 80 then it should be 1,3,5 or 5.
Note: To see the Firefox version, please follow this path: Menu>Help>About Firefox.
This is it! Surf the internet safely and privately!
Conclusion
In this way, we have seen how to enable redirection tracking protection in Firefox. This security measure increases the privacy of our data when surfing the web. In addition, it is always possible to complement security through extensions. However, the greatest ally to protect our information is common sense. That is, be careful with the sites you visit and the data you share. We always bet on a secure and private website. Therefore, more privacy tips will come along. Well, we’ve come to the end for today. And we hope that we have resolved the issues. If you have any questions, please let us know!. Your opinion is very important!. I don’t want to say goodbye, before inviting you to see our interesting post about establishing a disk as read-only in Windows 10. Also, to keep up with the latest on Linux, Windows, and Android, join our Telegram channel. Bye!
