Mozilla enters the fight against mining without consent

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Mozilla Firefox will make some preliminary changes to its browser within the next three months, including blocking the possibility of mining without consent.

In recent months, the media has rarely reported that hackers without consent used users ' computer resources for mining Monero and other cryptocurrencies. However, before the problem became an epidemic, Chrome and Opera Google took drastic measures to limit this phenomenon.

Now Mozilla has stated that it is also carefully studying the problems faced by users, including mining cryptocurrencies without consent. According to Mozilla's blog, the company's web browser after the update will by default block attempts at malicious behavior, including mining without the user's consent.

A study conducted by Ghostery, which deals with the privacy and security of browsers, showed that almost 55.4% of the total time spent on loading the page, was "stolen" by third-party services. As a result, services are not limited to third party advertising on sites such as Facebook and Google, and engaged in mining.

Director of product management of the company Ghostery Jeremy Tillmansa said:

We were fairly confident that websites perform better and work faster when services are blocked. The aim of the study is to attempt to quantify this impact.

Additional security features
To counter this problem, Mozilla introduced a new feature called Firefox Nightly that blocks malicious services that are tied to the page loading process.

The new protection feature will be tested through a Mozilla program called Shield Study. For the uninitiated, Shield Study is like a trial run where the browser allows a dedicated audience to experience the feature before moving on to a large-scale implementation. Depending on the feedback, Mozilla will release or shorten the list of new security features.

Another important function that they are planning to launch Mozilla, includes enhancing privacy for users.

Today, Internet users are often faced with a large number of third-party advertisements. However, Mozilla will exclude cookies and block access to third-party data storage. Users using the Nightly version of the browser will be the first to test the service, and if it is perceived positively, Mozilla will spread the use of the new product.

The company's press release says:

We are committed to bringing this protection to all Firefox users and will continue to improve our approach to provide the best possible protection while maintaining a smooth user experience.

The company also noted that due to Mozilla's ad blocking feature released in 2004, not only did the user experience improve, but the ads began to take care of this aspect.

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