Tag: Firefox
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Firefox Tracking Protection
So here’s something new I learned today… Firefox has a tracking protection mode. For those not aware, many (most?) websites include tracking Javascript which provides third parties and the website owner with information about you. It’s not all evil but it does invade your privacy. Tracking Protection for Firefox at Web 2.0 Security and Privacy…
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Linux x86_64 and Javascript
The competition between browsers in the area of Javascript performance has led to some pretty dramatic performance increases in the last couple of years. A lot of this has been accomplished through Javascript just in time (JIT) compilers. What JITs do is convert the Javascript into native instructions which execute a lot faster than more…