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mobjack on June 4, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Prote...

It looks like these changes only affect third party cookies, while most analytics software relies on first party cookies.

These changes make it harder for analytics companies to track users across domains, but still allows site owners to analyze their own traffic.

SimeVidas on June 5, 2019 [–]

I had to check on my site but yes. Google Analytics cookies (they start with “_g”) are set on the website’s domain.

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