“You might be waiting a little bit for the privilege, but Mozilla will soon be implementing a new feature that will allow the Firefox browser to block cookies from third-party advertisers by default,” according to PCMag. “In other words, the browser will mimic the functionality that fans of Apple's Safari have already been enjoying for some time now. However, it's unclear exactly when the new feature might make its debut. The patch, contributed by Stanford grad student Jonathan Mayer, is scheduled to hit Firefox version 22 – we're currently on Firefox version 19….As one might expect, Internet advertisers are not exactly embracing the switch with open arms. ‘This default setting would be a nuclear first strike against ad industry,’ tweeted Mike Zaneis, senior vice president and general counsel for the Interactive Advertising Bureau.” Read more.
“While privacy advocates applaud Mozilla's proposal to block cookies by default on the Firefox browser, it should be clear that this is yet another initiative that does not show how it protects people from harm. What's more, along with negatively impacting digital advertising, it could have an adverse impact on small publishers and do much to limit consumer choice online.” That’s the response in AdAge. “Why do companies want to track online activity in the first place? Small publishers rely on a host of third parties, such as analytics vendors, to understand the popularity of the content they publish. Third-party advertising technology companies generate the publisher revenues required to pay staff salaries and keep sites running. These third parties aggregate the content created by millions of small publishers and offer media buyers a reach of advertising opportunities that is comparable to that provided by large, vertically integrated publishers. But to be truly competitive, these advertising vendors must track the anonymous activity across their networks to offer frequency capping and other services offered by the largest publishers.” Read more.
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