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The web has grown and changed dramatically over the last two decades and not all for the better. Trackers, intrusive ads and other dark patterns threaten to drive people away from the open web and that's not good for people browsing or publishing. Over the next year or so, Firefox will take a stand against tracking, intrusive ads, and other dark patterns on the web by blocking the worst content and more clearly communicating the privacy and other protections the browser offers.  
The web has grown and changed dramatically over the last two decades and not all for the better. Trackers, intrusive ads and other dark patterns threaten to drive people away from the open web and that's not good for people browsing or publishing. Over the next year or so, Firefox will take a stand against tracking and other dark patterns on the web by blocking the worst content and more clearly communicating the privacy and other protections the browser offers.  




Filter certain types of ads by default: Firefox will offer users a simple ad filtering option. We're in the early stages still, researching types of advertisements that should be blocked by default. (Q3)
Block ad re-targeting: We are working on blocking cross-domain tracking. Details to follow. (Q4)


Block ad re-targeting: We are working on blocking cross-domain tracking. Details to follow. (Q3)
New Privacy Controls: We will bring all of our key privacy controls into a single location in the product making them more discoverable and putting users in control of their data privacy experience. (63)


New Privacy Controls: We will bring all of our key privacy controls into a single location in the product making them more discoverable and putting users in control of their data privacy experience. (Q3)
Tracking Protection Types: We would like to make tracking protection more fine-grained allowing users to turn on or off specific types of trackers. (Q3)  


Tracking Protection Improvements: We would like to make tracking protection more fine-grained allowing users to turn on or off specific types of tracker. We will also opportunistically block trackers when page load performance is adversely impacted. (Q3)
Tracking Protection for Performance: We will opportunistically block trackers when page load performance is adversely impacted. (63)


[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368744 Global permissions management]: Permission prompts, especially for notifications, have gotten out of control and users must deny them individually at every site that offers them. Firefox will provide users with a way to disable permission prompts globally for Location, Camera, Microphone, and Notifications. (Firefox 59)  
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368744 Global permissions management]: Permission prompts, especially for notifications, have gotten out of control and users must deny them individually at every site that offers them. Firefox will provide users with a way to disable permission prompts globally for Location, Camera, Microphone, and Notifications. (Firefox 59)  


[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1382574 Block video auto-play]: Firefox will provide users with a way to block video auto-play that doesn't break websites. (63)
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1382574 Block video auto-play]: Firefox will provide users with a way to block video auto-play that doesn't break websites. (2018)


[https://github.com/mozilla/blurts-server Firefox Monitor]: Firefox Monitor will inform a user if a site they've visited has been breached and will ask if the user wants to have their account checked to determine if it was compromised. If it was compromised, some helpful information will be presented to the user. (62)
[https://github.com/mozilla/blurts-server Firefox Monitor]: Firefox Monitor will inform a user if a site they've visited has been breached and will ask if the user wants to have their account checked to determine if it was compromised. If it was compromised, some helpful information will be presented to the user. (62)
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