Firefox Working on Protection Against In-Browser Cryptojacking Scripts

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Firefox engineers are working on a method to address the recent rise in usage of in-browser miners (cryptojacking scripts) that are, in most cases, ruining the web surfing experience of most users.

Plans to address this growing scourge were revealed in an email interview Bleeping Computer had with Peter Dolanjski, Product Manager of Firefox, in regards to the recent publishing of the Firefox feature roadmap for 2018.

One of the topics not included in the roadmap was "cryptojacking," so we decided to ask the Mozilla executive about it.

"Currently, Firefox’s Tracking Protection feature already blocks some leading cryptojacking scripts," Dolanjski told us. "We are exploring individual controls which would allow users to specifically block cryptojacking scripts."

 

[Deleted member 65228]

Ehhh will believe it when I see it.

I see news all the time about all browsers adding this and that, when I finally see it for myself I am usually thinking "eh ok".

Just use a good ad-blocker which has regularly updated and decent crypto-currency mining lists.