{"id":62913,"date":"2018-01-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/01\/23\/tracking-protection-always-on\/"},"modified":"2018-01-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T00:00:00","slug":"tracking-protection-always-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/tracking-protection-always-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Browse without baggage in Firefox: Set Tracking Protection to always on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We just can\u2019t stop making Firefox faster \u2014 and with our most <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/23\/latest-firefox-quantum-release-now-available-with-new-features\/\">recent release<\/a>, we also made it easier for you to control how much you\u2019re tracked.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/01\/Fx58_Tracking_Protection.jpg\" alt=\"Tracking protection graphic\" width=\"1380\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you browse from site to site, you\u2019re often followed by scripts that collect data on where you\u2019ve been and what you\u2019ve done. These scripts can eat up your data, slow down your internet experience and make you see ads for things you may or may not want to admit you looked for when you went down one of those \u201csuggested items\u201d rabbit holes. We found that when Private Browsing with Tracking Protection is on, Firefox is <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/firefox-private-browsing-vs-chrome-incognito\/\">significantly faster than Chrome<\/a>, even in Incognito mode. How fast? Our testing showed page load times were cut in half.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-445\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/01\/Disconnect-Study-Blog-Post_Revision01-04.png\" alt=\"Performance chart\" width=\"1001\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Need more proof? We did a side-by-side comparison of page loads with Tracking Protection on and off:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDZXaegVuUE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We thought that was pretty significant, so we separated Tracking Protection from Private Browsing. That means you can choose to have Tracking Protection on all the time, in<a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/private-browsing-use-firefox-without-history\"> Private Browsing<\/a> only or not at all.<\/p>\n<h3>Here\u2019s how to set Tracking Protection to always on:<\/h3>\n<p>1. Click the menu button and choose Options (or Preferences on a Mac).<\/p>\n<p>2. Click Privacy &#038; Security on the left and go to the <b>Tracking Protection<\/b> section.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-446\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-3.44.11-PM.png\" alt=\"Tracking protection preferences\" width=\"702\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Choose between the following options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Always<\/b>: Keep Tracking Protection on as you browse.<\/li>\n<li><b>Only in private windows<\/b>: Turns Tracking Protection on only if you&#8217;re using Private Browsing.<\/li>\n<li><b>Never<\/b>: Turns off Tracking Protection for all sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By setting Tracking Protection to always on, you don\u2019t have to be reminded over and over of that one time you looked at that trendy pressure cooker and, with page load time improvement, you can be on to the next thing, lickity-split.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just can\u2019t stop making Firefox faster \u2014 and with our most recent release, we also made it easier for you to control how much you\u2019re tracked. When you browse from site to site, you\u2019re often followed by scripts that collect data on where you\u2019ve been and what you\u2019ve done. 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