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Add-on in Firefox helps users avoid scouting

Mozilla has just developed a new Firefox add-on application called Lightbeam, which helps users understand how their surfing process can be monitored.

Author: Micah Soto1 minutes read

Mozilla has just developed a new Firefox add-on application called Lightbeam, which helps users understand how their surfing process can be monitored.

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Mozilla says Lightbeam 'lets you test third parties both in time and space, determine where these parties connect to their online activity, and provide a way for you to participate in the process. this monitor. '

Typically, user activity will be monitored by third parties through the websites they visit, and does not show any signs or warnings.

The Mozilla side has devoted a lot of effort and attention to efforts to help users more proactive in the ways of "scouting" of website managers. Therefore, with Lightbeam, Firefox developers hope users will have a simple but effective tool to no longer "naive" on the Internet.

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