Facebook Blocker which I reviewed yesterday made sure that some Facebook scripts cannot be executed on third party websites. That’s helpful among other things to disable tracking by the popular social networking site. The problem with the extension? It only covers Facebook when there are hundreds of other companies and services that do the same. [...]
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Disable Major Third Party Tracking Services With Disconnect For Chrome
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What is a tracking cookie?
Computer users may run into the term tracking cookie frequently if they are using a security software like Norton 360 or Kaspersky Internet Security. These programs detect those web browser cookies, and offer to delete them from the system. The detection of third party cookies by security software does not mean that they pose the [...]
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How to disable third party cookies in Firefox
The developers of Firefox removed the option to disable third party cookies in firefox 2.0 stating the reason that it was not possible to block all third party cookies with this function. Third Party Cookies are mainly cookies that track user behavior, the big ad networks for instance like to use them a lot. There are basically two options to disable third party cookies in Firefox.