Mozilla Releases Firefox 68 as the Next ESR Series with Cryptomining Protection | Linux Today

Mozilla Releases Firefox 68 as the Next ESR Series with Cryptomining Protection

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Marius Nestor
Jul 9, 2019

The popular open-source and cross-platform Firefox web browser from Mozilla has been updated to version 68.0, a major release that expands the dark mode in the reader view to make the controls, toolbars, and sidebars on windows dark too. Additionally, Firefox 68 introduces new cryptomining and fingerprinting protections to strict content blocking settings. Firefox 68 also improves add-on security and discovery by introducing a Recommended Extensions program in about:addons to help users easily find high quality and secure add-ons and themes, a new reporting feature in about:addons to let users quickly report security and performance issues with add-ons, and revamp the extensions dashboard in about:addons.

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Marius Nestor

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