One of the things that bother users the most while surfing the web is the advertisements they come across about the last product they looked at or anything else. While the giant technology companies, which have great problems with user privacy, continue to suffer, Mozilla Firefox has updated its browser with a feature that will please users in this regard.
Many companies, especially Facebook, use special URL query parameters to track links on clicks. The reason for this is explained as providing a more personalized advertising experience to users on the internet. Regarding this situation, which bothers many users, Firefox has introduced a feature that will make people smile. With this feature called Query Parameter Scraping, companies will no longer be able to see which links you click and where you browse while browsing Firefox.
How do we enable Query Parameter Stripping?
This new feature of Firefox is available as part of ‘Advanced Tracking Protection’. You can enable this feature by following these steps.
- Click on “Privacy and Security” in the Settings section.
- Change the “Advanced Tracking Protection” option to Strict.
There is sad news from experts for users who want to use this feature in incognito tabs. According to experts, even if you enable this feature, the parameters, that is, where you click, can be seen when navigating from the incognito tab, but there is no clear information about the certainty of this.
To enable this feature in incognito mode, it will be enough to follow these steps.
- Type about:config in the address bar and search
- Check the ‘privacy.query_stripping.enabled.pbmode’ option as True as in the photo below.
The app was launched yesterday and is available today. If you encounter any problems with the new feature, you can restore your settings to “Standard”.
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