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What? I thought they already did this three years ago. How do I tell if I've got it already turned on? I seem to remember setting some kind of config flag but it doesn't seem easy to spot which one it was.
Edit: Oh, this is from 2022. What's changed since then seems unclear.
I wonder if all existing Cookies are automatically protected when this feature lands on release version. Or do we have to delete the old Cookies before update first, so they are created in a new Container?
Meanwhile Google has backed out its Chrome plans to block third-party cookies: A new path for Privacy Sandbox on the web
Instead of deprecating third-party cookies, we would introduce a new experience in Chrome that lets people make an informed choice that applies across their web browsing, and they’d be able to adjust that choice at any time.
we would introduce a new experience
yes daddy... the propaganda tone is so fucking annoying.
an informed choice
By being as opaque as possible and by trying to make privacy look like a dangerous forest.
informed choice
The cookie popups that litter the modern web today are a great example why this is probably a bad idea.
Idk why a 2 year old blog post is "news"
Updated Aug. 28, 2024.
And starting in 2024, all our users can look forward to Firefox blocking even more third party cookies.
In other words, it wasn't enabled worldwide by default. That's the update and headline of the news. Got it through RSS news feed directly from Mozilla Blog.
Ooooh, thanks!