Cookie Status: browser tracking protections compared
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Summary
Cookie Status, a reference comparing default tracking protections in Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, was updated on 31 October 2026 with new rows for tracker blocking and fingerprinting. Third-party cookies are partitioned in Brave and Firefox, blocked in Safari, limited in Edge and unrestricted in Chrome, where Google dropped its default-restriction plan. Safari 27 now blocks cross-site requests to identity-resolution services. Several entries, such as Brave's six-month cookie cap and Safari's canvas result, rest on the site's own tests or lack a cited source.