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TechFirst with John Koetsier

Apple’s Safari 14 blocked 90 web trackers in just 5 minutes

Sep 17, 2020
04:04

Literally five minutes ago I updated to the new version of Safari, version 14. Then I browsed Forbes, hit up Techmeme, checked Twitter briefly, went to Fox News (first time, I think), clicked over to Slashdot, and finally read a story on ZDNet. Oh, and I checked for a picture for this story on Unsplash.

In that five minutes, Safari prevented 90 trackers from profiling me.

Let me repeat that. Five minutes, 90 trackers.

Read this story in my Forbes column: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/

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