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Ok wtf. So you're telling me that #Google #Chrome's #V8 #JavaScript engine was more #insecure than #Mozilla's #Spidermonkey after all these years? Because I'm pretty sure SM has been already doing plenty of the things mentioned in this article (I've touched on SM code plenty of times, so much more than I wanted because I worked on separating Spidermonkey from the monolithic #libxul, it's still hurting my brain...), even before the #Quantum rewrite. So even #PaleMoon which has been commonly trashed for being "old and insecure" is apparently more secure than Chrome, but most crucially it also disproves the long-standing blind belief by security freaks out there that Chrome is "more secure" than #Firefox when it's the other way around on many fronts...
thehackernews.com/2024/04/goog…
#web #webbrowser #browser #browsers #openweb
Google Chrome Adds V8 Sandbox - A New Defense Against Browser Attacks
Google tackles Chrome security with new V8 Sandbox. This aims to stop memory issues from spreading, protecting your browser experience.The Hacker News
When I am leaving my office I am often closing some 15 browser windows, some 10 terminal windows, about 5 different files open in the text editor.
Most used apps on my desktop include #Firefox #Thunderbird file manager (pcmanfm or nautilus), Gedit, VLC media player, electron based apps such as teamsforlinux, losslesscut and gnome-terminal.
Next I'm using @LibreOffice, I am also using #Emacs with #speechd-el a little and finally some other less frequently used apps.
As for the #TTS or the #audio setup I am using #RHVoice, speech-dispatcher and @PipeWire Project .
Finally with @Matt Campbell and @Lukáš Tyrychtr we do have tallented visually disabled developers dogfooding or partially dog fooding so let me finish this post by saying it really is gold era of a linux #a11y and we are looking forward for what it brings us in the future.
We're often asked "When can I use Thunderbird in my browser?" It's a logical question! After all, Thunderbird was built on top of Firefox technologies, right?
Let's have a quick chat about it:
PeerTube: tilvids.com/w/fUUkxQCFvVJdPgxx…
YouTube: youtu.be/LQwgG2sLIVE
#Thunderbird #Firefox #Webmail
Thunderbird In Your Browser: Will It EVER Happen?
Thunderbird was built on top of Firefox browser technology, right? So could there ever be a webmail view of Thunderbird? We hear this question a lot, so let's talk about it! 🔗 NEED SUPPORT? Thunderbird Community Support: https://mzla.TILvids
I still adore this screenshot.
Also, some interesting @thunderbird trivia: In 2004, internet access wasn't nearly as widespread as it is now, so Mozilla offered to send installation CD-ROMs to users for $5.95.
#WindowsXP #Firefox #Thunderbird #History
The fork of Firefox, Floorp, is going closed-source. Because the lead dev was annoyed that some people were forking it. 
blog.ablaze.one/4125/2024-03-1…
Edit: It seems they've backtracked, and instead (re)released their code under a "CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Deed (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International)" license.
reddit.com/r/browsers/comments…
Thanks @blobcat for letting me know
Preparing for a New Beginning for Floorp
Header Image by @CutterKnife_ Hello Floorp users, As some of you in the Reddit aすらーぷの妖精 (ABlog)
New bookmark: Firefox bug 1886557: Make JIT Spraying implausible.
This could be the biggest leap forward in years when it comes to SpiderMonkey catching up to V8 and JSC’s JIT hardening. So far, I’ve been telling security-conscious Firefox users to disable the JIT compiler, and to use Chromium when JIT is necessary; maybe I won’t have to in a few years’ time.
Originally posted on seirdy.one: See Original (POSSE). #browsers #firefox #security
It uses #tesseract under the hood and for static text it's okay. For tables and other material that is difficult to parse it's not usefull.
When PDF has a text then the tools I am using for reading these include #firefox and #evince
it's time to fork #Firefox and turn it into a cooperative-owned project.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…
cooperative membership is the element missing from FLOSS.
fuck the non-profit's faux neutrality when in truth it's just a broke doppelganger of the top-down structure of the corporatist kleptocracy.
make the project a cooperative where members --users and developers-- get to vote on the future of the project with their paid memberships and contributed labor.
Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox
Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.Ars Technica
Danke für #FreeSoftware - mein Arbeits Alltag wäre nicht der gleiche ohne #OpenSource
Ganz besonders Dankbar bin ich für #LibreOffice, #Firefox, #Thunderbird, #Nextcloud, #Wordpress & #KDEnlive und so viele weitere Projekte wie #Signal
#SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS #FLOSS
@fsfe mastodon.social/@fsfe/11192840…
Some cool #Firefox add-ons for improving #Mastodon:
Simplified Federation: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
Automatically take you to your home instance when you try to follow people from a page on another instance.
StreetPass: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
Automatically discovers mastodon accounts on any web page you visit. Keeps a list so you can browse accounts at your convenience.
Substitoot: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
Fill in missing replies, boost/favorite counts, profile pages.
Mastodon – Simplified Federation! – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download Mastodon – Simplified Federation! for Firefox. Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse.addons.mozilla.org
Nazrál čas dát Firefoxu druhou šanci
Sepsal jsem důvody, proč si myslím, že by měl Firefox dostal zase šanci. Ať už od těch, kteří ho v minulosti opustili, nebo od těch, kteří ho nikdy ani nezkusili.
#Chrome #Firefox #FirefoxRelay #Mozilla #Opera #prohlížeč #Safari #Vivaldi #webovéTechnologie
blog.eischmann.cz/2024/02/07/n…
I highly recommend this article written by my colleagues Serge Guelton and Yannis Juglaret about a truly hard-to-parse issue that affected #Firefox users on old Ubuntu installations.
It's a cautionary tale about how complex builds can be affected by subtle compiler/linker flags. Also, C++ is hard and making modern C++ work on older platforms is painful and full of pitfalls.
hacks.mozilla.org/2024/01/opti…
Option Soup: the subtle pitfalls of combining compiler flags - Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
During the Firefox 120 beta cycle, a new crash signature appeared on our radars. Engineers explored the pitfalls of combining compiler flags.Serge Guelton (Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog)
Any of my #firefox peoples want to try this extension? Same guy that made it for Chrome with my sounds in. This apparently works without fuss, but I don't use firefox so can't prove it. github.com/LordLuceus/chrome-u…
Edit: This is now a signed firefox addon and works when clicking the below link without any fuss at all. I have now tested this myself: onj.me/browser-ui-sounds.xpi
GitHub - LordLuceus/chrome-ui-sounds: An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for important events in the browser
An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for important events in the browser - GitHub - LordLuceus/chrome-ui-sounds: An extension for Chromium-based browsers that plays sounds for...GitHub
Na obranu blokování reklamy
Poté, co se Youtube pustil do ostrého boje s blokátory reklamy, rozhořela se opět diskuse o tom, zda je v pořádku reklamy blokovat. Dlouho jsem byl na straně odmítačů blokování reklamy. Během svého života jsem napsal řadu článků pro různé časopisy a servery a vím, že obsah se zadarmo neudělá. Nicméně odvětví internetové reklamy zmorfovalo […]
#bezpečnost #blokování #cookies #DuckDuckGo #Firefox #reklama #soukromí #ublock #Vivaldi
blog.eischmann.cz/2024/01/01/n…
Guten Morgen. Wer sie noch nicht kennt, sollte unbedingt einen Blick in die Empfehlungsecke werfen. Diese enthält meine aktuellen Empfehlungen zu verschiedenen Themen wie Messenger, Werbeblocker, werbefreies YouTube, Passwort-Manager, Suchmaschinen und Co. 👇
kuketz-blog.de/empfehlungsecke…
#empfehlung #tracking #security #datenschutz #adblocker #android #youtube #messenger #linux #firefox #dns #unifiedpush #email #frankgehtran #thunderbird #passwortmanager #videokonferenz #vpn #suchmaschine
Empfehlungsecke
Die Empfehlungsecke beinhaltet aktuelle Empfehlungen zu Messengern, Browser-Add-ons und weiteren Themen • IT-Sicherheit aus KarlsruheKuketz IT-Security Blog
I often see people wishing that they could donate money to #Firefox Development directly.
One way to do this is to purchase a subscription to Relay, VPN or Pocket! Feel free to think of those subscriptions as donations, but instead of a tax receipt, you get access to a useful service that you can choose to use or not.
Those subscriptions make great gifts, too!
mozilla.org/en-CA/products/vpn…
relay.firefox.com/
getpocket.com/premium#plans
Firefox Relay
Firefox Relay makes it easy to create email masks that forward your messages to your true inbox. Use them to protect your online accounts from hackers and unwanted messages.relay.firefox.com
Mozilla '23 Ann. Report: CEO pay skyrockets while Firefox Marketshare nosedives
Link: lunduke.locals.com/post/505329…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…
Mozilla 2023 Annual Report: CEO pay skyrockets, while Firefox Marketshare nosedives
The Mozilla Foundation has released their latest annual report -- covering the time up through December of 2022 (Mozilla's reporting always lags by one year) -- and something peculiar leaps out of the data:The compensation of the Mozilla CEO has skyr…Bryan Lunduke (Lunduke)
This December, if there’s one tech New Year’s resolution I’d encourage you to have, it’s switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox’s market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switching is important.
1. Privacy
Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. There’s been a lot of talk about websites tracking users using cookies, fingerprinting and other nefarious technologies that hurt your privacy. But owning the browser puts Google, Apple and Microsoft in a position where they don’t even need those tricks. We need to use browsers that are independent, and right now that means Firefox.
2. Browser engine monopoly
Wikipedia lists four browser engines as being “active”. Browser engines are the bits that take a web page’s code and display it on your screen. Ideally, they conform to the official W3C standards, and display all elements as it describes. If that’s the case, web developers can easily write sites that work on all browsers. No proprietary vendor lock-in nonsense, just glorious open standards at work.
It’s happened before
In the early 2000’s, Internet Explorer had a massive 95% market share. This meant that many sites were only developed for use with IE. They’d use experimental features that IE supported, in favor of things from the official HTML standard. This was a very bad situation, which hindered the development of the World Wide Web.
Currenty, Chrome, Safari and Edge all use variations of the closely related Webkit and Blink engines. If we want to avoid another browser engine monopoly, we need to support Firefox, and its “Gecko” engine.
Firefox is actually really good
If Firefox would be a bad browser, I would not recommend you to switch. It’s fast, has a nice user interface, and feels every bit as modern and elegant as its competition. I’ve been using it as my main browser for a couple of years now, on Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. As a web developer, I usually have at least three browsers open, but when I go look something up on the web, I pick Firefox.
So please, help save the web by using the best browser out there. It’s an easy thing to do, and it makes a big difference.
Firefox survey II
For those of you who block Google Analytics, which of the below do you use?
This is a follow up to last week's survey:
mastodon.social/@lufthans/1115…
Feel free to boost for visibility, comment for specific tool recommendations
#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics
Edit: bah, survey fail, forgot to make multi-select
- use ad block add on to block Google Analytics (5 votes)
- use JavaScript and cookie blockers to block Google (3 votes)
- use a privacy add on to block Google Analytics (3 votes)
- Pepper&Carrot ( see results w/o participating ) (1 vote)
Firefox surveyEdit: follow up survey on what people use to block Google Analytics - mastodon.social/@lufthans/1115…
When using Firefox which of the following do you do?
See Esther's post for article about Firefox being at only 2.2% use per Google Analytics for US government sites:
mastodon.social/@estherschindl…
Feel free to boost for visibility
#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics #InherentlyBoostable
Firefox survey
Edit: follow up survey on what people use to block Google Analytics - mastodon.social/@lufthans/1115…
When using Firefox which of the following do you do?
See Esther's post for article about Firefox being at only 2.2% use per Google Analytics for US government sites:
mastodon.social/@estherschindl…
Feel free to boost for visibility
#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics #InherentlyBoostable
- use a DNS blackhole to block Google Analytics (36%, 152 votes)
- use browser add on to block Google Analytics, ad b (80%, 330 votes)
- don't block Google Analytics in any way (4%, 19 votes)
- Pepper&Carrot ( see results w/o participating ) (5%, 23 votes)
Firefox survey IIFor those of you who block Google Analytics, which of the below do you use?
This is a follow up to last week's survey:
mastodon.social/@lufthans/1115…
Feel free to boost for visibility, comment for specific tool recommendations
#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics
Edit: bah, survey fail, forgot to make multi-select
: I use #NextDNS for DNS-level tracker-blocking.
Browser with #uBlockOrigin.
(Prefer #Firefox)
And use the direct website for email providers, instead of using Outlook client. 😁
#Google pays 1150 times its entire #lobbying budget in the EU & US to fund its search engine #monopoly.😳
And if that wasn't bad enough, now they're accused of slowing down #YouTube on non-Chrome Browsers like #Firefox! 🤬
Does Google know any shame? Apparently not. 🤡 tuta.com/blog/google-search-mo…
Google Pays 1150 Times More for Its Search Monopoly Than for Lobbying in the EU & US
Your data is worth billions, time to take it back and break the Google monopoly on search!Tutanota
Happy Firefox 120 release for those who celebrate 🎉
This comes with a couple important Debugger fixes and a bunch of accessibility improvements in the toolbox.
Grab your drink of choice and read through the full update fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-news…
Viendo los cambios que trae Firefox 120 te das cuenta de lo rota que está la internet actual.
Estos cambios no deberían ser necesarios, y sin embargo, lo son más que nunca: copiar enlaces sin parámetros de rastreo, pedir a los sitios que no vendan tus datos ni te rastreen, auto-denegación de cookies innecesarias...
mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/120.…
Y Chrome yendo en la dirección contraria. Se viene un cisma en internet.
Cheeky fuckers.
#Youtube have deployed Javascript that delays video load if the user is using #Firefox
old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comme…
Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if...
Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 5,196 points and 486 commentsreddit
"Did any user in the world want a user tracking and ad platform baked directly into their browser? Probably not, but this is Google, and they control Chrome, and this probably still won't make people switch to Firefox."
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/0…
I stick to #Firefox
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.Ars Technica
Google announced that starting in June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin #uBO will be disabled in Chrome 127 and later with the rollout of Manifest V3 (#Mv3).
The new #Chrome manifest will prevent using custom filters and stops on demand updates of blocklist. Only #Google authorized updates to browser extension will be allowed in the future, which mean an automatic win for Google in their battle to stop YouTube #AdBlockers .
#ManifestV3 is deceitful and threatening to your privacy, and now is a good time to switch to #Firefox (@mozilla) and/or #TorBrowser (@torproject) if you haven't done so already!
EFF (@eff) on Google’s Manifest V3:
⚠️eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chro…
⚠️eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/goog…
Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)
🚩developer.chrome.com/blog/resu…
EDIT for clarification: MV3 in Chrome will still allow some ad blocking extensions, but will severely limit their blocking ability and even restricts pre-set filters to 50 MAX.
Resuming the transition to Manifest V3 - Chrome for Developers
Build the next generation of web experiences.Chrome for Developers
!Friendica Support
Also in der #friendica 2023-09RC scheint sich hier noch ein Bug eingeschlichen zu haben.
Ich verwende da #FireFox auf #Linux Basis.
Kann das jemand bestätigen?
For those of us receiving email in multiple languages, it would be awesome to have #Firefox Translate built in to Thunderbird. No sending your sensitive conversations to a corporate cloud, just a lean translation service running locally.
We've decided to make it a development priority for Q1 2024!
You'll be able to track the progress via this bug: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
But as always, we'll also keep you posted right here.
1823007 - Support built-in Firefox Translations in Thunderbird
NEW (nobody) in Thunderbird - General. Last updated 2023-10-18.bugzilla.mozilla.org
I always visit #YouTube without preserving cookies from previous visits, because I don't want their tracking or their recommendations based on my browsing history, but this seems to also stop the "you're using an ad-blocker" popup.
Here's how I configure Temporary Containers (medium.com/@stoically/enhance-…) in #Firefox to do that.
The first screenshot is the basic configuration; the second is some optional additional settings I use so I don't have to click quite as many things every time I open a new YouTube tab.
Enhance your privacy in Firefox with Temporary Containers
Since version 57 of Firefox — Codename Firefox Quantum — it is possible for Add-ons to activate the new Container feature without the need for the user to manually edit the browser configuration…stoically (Medium)
If you've seen in the PR for #ECH in #curl and been curious what it is? github.com/curl/curl/pull/1192…
The browsers go all-in on it. Now #Firefox:
blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f…
Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet.
As web users, what we say and do online is subject to pervasive surveillance. Although we typically associate online tracking with ad networks and other thSarah Vasquez (The Mozilla Blog)