It turns out that this ad is following you because of something called fingerprinting<\/strong>. Through fingerprinting, a company makes a profile all about you<\/strong>. These profiles make it easier for marketers to send you tailored ads.<\/p>\n Luckily, Firefox<\/strong><\/a> is here to help with a feature that can add a layer of protection between you and the companies that want to profile you.<\/p>\n Mozilla Firefox<\/p>\r\n download now \u25ba<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n To use Firefox to stop fingerprinting, just follow these basic steps:<\/p>\n Blocking fingerprinting with Firefox can cause some sites to break<\/a>. But if you put a premium on privacy, the positives could outweigh the negatives. Fingerprinting tracks your data without your permission<\/strong> as well as slows down your computer.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you’re tired of seeing these ads over and over again, Firefox and its features offer a cleaner, more private online experience.<\/p>\n Mozilla Firefox<\/p>\r\n download now \u25ba<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n Softonic is proud to partner with Mozilla. When you download from us, we may earn a commission.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tired of seeing the same ads over and over again? Firefox can help you out! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9180,"featured_media":141181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2098,1053,1921,2099,1027],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-141178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fingerprinting","tag-firefox","tag-lifehacks","tag-prvacy","tag-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325870,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141178\/revisions\/325870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141178"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=141178"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=141178"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=141178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/10\/mozilla-firefox-192.jpg\")
\r\n <\/div>\r\n How Firefox can stop fingerprinting<\/h2>\n
\n
![\"Firefox](\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2020\/12\/Firefox_block_xjvvi1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nWrapping up<\/h2>\n
\r\n <\/div>\r\n