Mozilla Firefox is dropping a feature that lets websites see how much battery life a visitor has left, following research showing that it could be used to track browsers. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Firefox was one of three browsers that brought the battery status API to the public, along with Chrome and Opera. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty ImagesThat final discovery gave the developers of Mozilla’s Firefox browser the motivation to remove the functionality from the program. Firefox was one of three browsers that brought the battery status API to the public, along with Chrome and Opera. While Mozilla is currently the only browser vendor to have actively removed the Battery Status API, others have taken note of the same problems.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2016 15:50 UTC