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		abrowne on June 15, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UBlock Origin Another option for Firefox is the built-in "tracking protection". It is off by default, but can be enabled via about:config (set privacy.trackingprotection.enabled to true). Works on Android, too.

HunOL on June 15, 2015 [–]

And it breaks a lot of web sites.

acdha on June 15, 2015 | | [–]

Have you reported those? I've only encountered one and it was apparently fixed awhile back.

abrowne on June 15, 2015 | | | [–]

I've haven't noticed any problems myself. I run mostly Firefox Beta on OS X, Linux, and Android and have been using it since late May.

rockdoe on June 15, 2015 | | [–]

Yes, the ones that track you. That's the point, isn't it.

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