Leveraging the same Tracking Protection technology we use in Firefox and Firefox Focus, “Turbo Mode” will be available this week on Firefox for Fire TV. More speed comes to Firefox for Fire TV this week It’s also available on your mobile devices, to learn how to turn on Tracking Protection, click on the following: Firefox for iOS and Android.

To turn on Tracking Protection, just open your “Preferences” and click on “Privacy & Security.” Scroll down to “Tracking Protection,” and click on “Always.” Now, you’re all set. 24-7.īesides privacy, we noticed that speed was one of the many benefits to having Tracking Protection turned on. That is why in November we upped the ante in Firefox Quantum and began offering our users the option to turn on Tracking Protection all the time. Since then we’ve studied Tracking Protection and found that, in addition to protecting their privacy, users actually have a better, faster experience with the web when pages load without trackers.

Users could freely browse in Private Browsing mode without worrying about being tracked and getting inundated with ads. To jog your memory, we launched Tracking Protection in Private Browsing mode two years ago, which was unheard of at the time. Since January 28 is International Data Privacy Day, it’s a good time to talk about one of Firefox Quantum’s most powerful features - Opt-in Tracking Protection. Adding insult to injury, this often invisible tracking actually slows down web pages. For instance, how would you feel if you popped your head in a store and that store now had the ability to keep sending you flyers even if you didn’t buy anything? Online, we often visit sites that track us, but it isn’t clear when this is happening or how the information is being used. We accept things in the online world that we wouldn’t accept in the physical one.

Firefox quantum download for windows 10