Tracking Protection in FirefoxFor Privacy and Performance

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Protecting user privacy from online tracking

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Tracking protection for Firefox

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User visits are tracked across sites

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Tracked user gets personalized third-party content

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Tracking leaks 40% of browsing history to third parties

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Users don’t appreciate being stalked online

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Network attackers piggyback on user tracking

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Blocking cookies is not enough

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Tracking protection UI

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Tracking protection UI

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Users exposed to significantly fewer third parties

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Users exposed to significantly fewer third parties

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Pages load faster

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Pages load faster

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Future work

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