Marketplace Tech for Thursday, June 27, 2013
Tech companies are reacting in myriad ways to government surveillance of online data. Some are calling for more transparency from the government, and some are building new things to give people a better sense of security online. Mozilla's Internet browser Firefox is in that last category. Firefox recently moved forward with a plan to automatically block third party cookies -- and advertisers aren't happy.
Tech companies are reacting in myriad ways to government surveillance of online data. Some are calling for more transparency from the government, and some are building new things to give people a better sense of security online. Mozilla’s Internet browser Firefox is in that last category. Firefox recently moved forward with a plan to automatically block third party cookies — and advertisers aren’t happy.
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