For six years, I've led a research team focused on revealing how we’re tracked by hidden third parties online. I've been waiting for tracking protection to become a competitive feature of web browsers. That's happening now. Here are some thoughts. [Thread] nytimes.com/2018/06/20/tec…
If you switched to Firefox for privacy, you’re not protected by default. Go to Options, search for “privacy”, and turn the “Tracking Protection” setting to “Always”. 
Safari and Brave enable tracking protection by default. I hope Firefox gets there as well. After all, it is advertised as a privacy-friendly browser. By choosing Firefox, users are already expressing their preference for privacy protection. Shouldn’t require a further setting.
I have great respect for @laparisa and the rest of the Chrome security team, and I’m awed by their work on security. But this is a non-answer. Can Chrome provide meaningful tracking protection despite the obvious conflict? That remains to be seen.
The big question is: can the market for privacy work? At least three browser makers are furiously innovating on tracking protection; will that put a dent in the surveillance economy? Combined with GDPR, I'm cautiously optimistic. I won't be letting up my research and advocacy.
