Firefox UP for Crypto Minning Malware issue 💪

Firefox to Push Back on Crypto Mining Malware Issue

FIGHTING MALWARE

Cryptojacking, meaning the use of an unknowing victim's computer to mine cryptocurrencies, has become a huge issue in 2018
Now, announced this week, Firefox will soon block crypto mining malware scripts in an attempt to increase performance on the popular browser
In addition, Firefox will also be preventing trackers and other "harmful practices" from degrading the user experience
For the crypto community and Firefox users in general, protection like this is a massive benefit
JOINING THE CROWD

This move by Firefox makes the browser join alongside other browser services, like Google and Opera, that have already rolled out similar features
So far, Opera has implemented miner protection on its mobile and desktop browsers but Google has only gone so far as to ban crypto mining apps from its Google Play Store
As for within the crypto space, Brave browser has made significant strides to make browsing more private and more secure while offering a token of its own called BAT