Apple just introduced itself A series of changes that will come with the new macOS Big Sur later this year. Along with the visual redesign, introduction of the Control Center, and Message updates, the built-in Safari browser is getting new and improved privacy features to keep your data locked.
However, you don’t have to wait for macOS Big Sur to crash to get many of these upcoming features: Both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome have similar features, or they can do so with the help of a third-party extension. This is how you can make Firefox or Chrome on par with Safari on macOS Big Sur today.
Changes coming to Safari
When macOS Big Sur arrives, Safari will look somewhat different.
Courtesy of Apple.Privacy and data protection are already high priorities for Safari, but the version that comes with macOS Big Sur will go even further to protect it from being tracked on the web. Some of the existing features are becoming more visible, while Safari also encompasses more extensions, with the greatest possible care for user safety.
The browser already warns you against the use of passwords that can be easily guessed or that you have used before (assuming they are stored in the password locker of Safari), but the next version will also warn you if your email address, name of Username or password have been exposed in an online data breach, which would mean that the need to take action and change your password would be even more urgent.
A new Privacy Report button is being added to the toolbar; You can click on this to see exactly which trackers Safari is blocking in its continued attempts to prevent advertisers and companies from following it on the web. Safari is particularly good at stopping “fingerprints,” where various features of your device (such as screen resolution and operating system) are used to discover who you are.
This same Privacy Report will be displayed on your browser’s home page, which should give you a better idea of which sites are trying to track it more aggressively, as well as show the work Safari is busy doing in the background.
Safari on macOS Big Sur is also pushing support for extensions. (Safari already has extensions, but there are not many). New developer tools will make it easier to transfer plugins from Chrome and Firefox, and Safari will give users a set of controls to limit browsing. data and other information that extensions can access.
Add features to Chrome
uBlock Origin is a Chrome extension that can block trackers.
Screenshot: David Nield via Google.
