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Re:Firefox 87 introduces SmartBlock for Private Browsing by prower on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @12:21PM (#26569270)
Wouldn't it be better to have it also when browsing non-privately?
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Re:Firefox 87 introduces SmartBlock for Private Browsing by wisniewskit on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @03:05PM (#26571603)
SmartBlock can only kick in when tracking content is actively being blocked by tracking protection. If you'd like that to be on all the time, you can turn strict (or custom) tracking protection on in all windows, but of course the trade off is that you'll likely experience more site breakage, like you might in private browsing windows.
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Re:Firefox 87 introduces SmartBlock for Private Browsing by go561192 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @01:26PM (#26570286)
The new 'trim referrer by default' in Firefox 87 [1] was already enabled in private mode only, some months/weeks ago. So maybe they will make it default everywhere after some weeks? Maybe after working out any kinks?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26539673

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