New Firefox mixes private browsing with tracking protection

Nearly every modern browser offers some variant of browsing that does not leave traces on your computer. Now, Firefox took that concept a step further, by adding ad blocking and tracking protection to its private browsing mode

The way private browsing has worked so far in Firefox (and most other browsers), is that it opens a new browser instance which does not save history or cookies on your computer. Firefox's new Private Browsing with Tracking Protection, available in Firefox version 42, also blocks analytics trackers, ads (if they contain embedded trackers) and social share buttons, meaning your browser behavior is not shared with third party sites Read more...