Notices tagged with firefox

Wow, I am a bit overwhelmed by the current reactions in my timeline about the recent #Firefox disaster.

Yes, it sucks. Yes, this shall not happen. Never. There is no good excuse.

But, hey changing now towards a browser developed by the largest advertiser and tracker on the planet is not the right solution. They already dominate large parts of the web so helping them by leaving the last Browser bastion is not a smart idea!

Setting a reminder to remind all my #Firefox-using friends to turn extension signature checking back _on_ in a few days.

It’s not a great thing to leave turned off. Malicious extensions are already rampant and I bet we see an uptick after this. 😑

If you’re a trusted voice for your friends I suggest you do the same.

HTML5 ping tracking – Firefox :firefox: will enable it by default:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-firefox-to-enable-hyperlink-ping-tracking-by-default/

– HTML5 ping attributes can be used to track people if they click a link (<a href=… ping=…>) by sending POST requests to an arbitrary amount of hosts
– tracking is possible without any JavaScript, or Cookies
– Steve Gibson talked about it in Security Now 709: https://mastodon.at/@infosechandbook/101899819296611698
– ping is enabled in Chrome, Opera, Edge, Safari by default

#html5 #ping #tracking #firefox #mozilla

Using #Firefox? Discovered some nice about-pages via about:about.

You should maybe check about:studies, about:serviceworkers and others if you're interested in what your browser is doing in background.

For exmaple I had to disable an unwanted serviceworker.

#Mozilla, please don't do this. We don't want this. It might not be an "ad" but it makes you look bad nonetheless. Especially now given that #Firefox is the only non-Chromium browser out there, you need not alienate your user base.

Here's hoping this gets boosted enough. 😞

https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/31/mozilla-ad-on-firefoxs-new-tab-page-was-just-another-experiment/

Anyone know of an alternative to Self-destructing cookies that's e10s compatible?
#Firefox