What’s in the latest Firefox? Script stand-ins help sites fend off anti-tracking assaults

Mozilla on Tuesday updated Firefox to version 87, adding a new privacy feature designed to automatically fix websites impaired by the browser’s aggressive anti-tracking defenses.

The organization’s security engineers also patched eight vulnerabilities, only two of which were labeled as “High,” Firefox’s second-most-serious label. It was the second version of Firefox without a top-ranked “Critical” bug.

Firefox 87 can be downloaded for Windows, macOS and Linux from Mozilla’s site. Because Firefox updates in the background, most users can relaunch the browser to install the latest version. To manually update on Windows, pull up the menu under the three horizontal bars at the upper right, then click the help icon (the question mark within a circle). Choose “About Firefox.” (On macOS, “About Firefox” can be found under the “Firefox” menu.) The resulting page or pop-up shows that the browser is already up to date or displays the refresh process.

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