Browsers remain unique due to nearly 25 million Firefox users
A study by Mozilla and the University of Toronto analyzed data from nearly 25 million users to identify unique browser characteristics and implement new protections in Firefox 143. The research measured real-world effectiveness of these privacy-preserving mechanisms against tracking.
- Field
- computer security
- What they did
- Researchers measured how accurately modern browsers identify users and used this data to create anti-tracking protections in Firefox 143.
- Why it matters
- This improves user privacy by making users harder to track on the internet.
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