Firefox Gets about:permissions For More Privacy Control

By | May 26, 2011


Firefox Gets about:permissions For More Privacy ControlThe nightly builds of Firefox have received a new tool in the form of about:permissions. Typing about:permissions into the address bar welcomes one with a dashboard that lets you configure cookies, geolocation, pop ups, password keeping, and offline storage access on a per site basis.

If passwords have previously been set for a specific site, about:permissions will permit the viewing and removal of these passwords. One can also administer and get rid of cookies that sites have cached on the system or forget a site completely, eradicating it from Firefox’s memory.

Mozilla has displayed a keen focus on user privacy in recent releases with the likes of the Private Browsing mode and Do Not Track. The inclusion of a centralized dashboard which allows users to remain in charge of site permissions and data is a logical next step in the evolution of Firefox.


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