![]() How to use Safari’s tools to protect your privacy while browsing How your browser protects your privacy Advertisers are furious with Apple for new tracking restrictions in Safari 11Īpple first launched ITP within Safari nearly three years ago, where it immediately set a new bar for web privacy standards on both desktop and mobile by blocking some, but not all, cookies by default. But we’ve added so many restrictions to ITP since its initial release in 2017 that we are now at a place where most third-party cookies are already blocked in Safari.” “It might seem like a bigger change than it is. Wilander notes that users might not notice a big change because ITP has been doing this more or less already. This is a significant improvement for privacy since it removes any sense of exceptions or ‘a little bit of cross-site tracking is allowed,’” Wilander notes in the announcement post on the blog for WebKit, which is Apple’s in-house browser engine that powers many of its features under the hood. “Cookies for cross-site resources are now blocked by default across the board. ![]() We will report on our experiences of full third-party cookie blocking to the privacy groups in W3C to help other browsers take the leap.- John Wilander March 24, 2020 This update takes several important steps to fight cross-site tracking and make it more safe to browse the web.
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