CYBERSECURITYTRACKER
TRACKING6,506 stories in this site build1,309 vulnerability news stories in this site build
Permanent story citation

Firefox helps iPhone users bypass ads on web sites while making money showing its own ads

This page keeps the story as Cybersecurity Tracker first published it. If the tracker later corrects it, the correction appears below the original and never replaces it.

Back to newsStory 5874

As cited

Copy frozen at (site build).

cloud saas

Firefox helps iPhone users bypass ads on web sites while making money showing its own ads

Mozilla has rolled out native ad blocking to iOS Firefox, moving the feature from experimental status to general availability on Tuesday. The implementation uses Apple's WebKit Content Blockers because iOS requires all browsers to use WebKit for rendering, rather than supporting traditional browser extensions. Ad blocking is disabled by default, must be enabled in settings, and excludes ads on search results and sponsored content on Mozilla's own pages.

Why it matters: iOS Firefox users gain control over third-party ads and trackers, but Mozilla retains revenue from its own ad placements, so organizations relying on ad-supported content distribution should assess the impact on their campaigns.

Source published
First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker

Source attribution

Correction

Correction recorded as of .

cloud saas

Firefox helps iPhone users bypass ads on web sites while making money showing its own ads

Mozilla has rolled out native ad blocking to iOS Firefox, moving the feature from experimental status to general availability on Tuesday. The implementation uses Apple's WebKit Content Blockers because iOS requires all browsers to use WebKit for rendering, rather than supporting traditional browser extensions. Ad blocking is disabled by default, must be enabled in settings, and excludes ads on search results and sponsored content on Mozilla's own pages.

Why it matters: iOS Firefox users gain control over third-party ads and trackers, but Mozilla retains revenue from its own ad placements, so organizations relying on ad-supported content distribution should assess the impact on their campaigns.

VendorsAppleGoogle
Source published
First seen by Cybersecurity Tracker

Source attribution

Glossary