Firefox Kills Another Tracking Cookie Workaround
#News #Firefox #Mozilla #privacy #cookies #infosec #Cybersecurity
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URL query parameters won't work in version 102 of Mozilla's browserBrandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
Learn how to update Firefox manually or configure it to update automatically. By default, Firefox will automatically check for updates, and notify you.Henry Irvine (Tech Help Knowledgebase)
Mastodon – Simplified Federation by @rugk makes remote follows less cumbersome by automatically entering your Mastodon account details and puts that functionality where it should be: in your browser.
You can get it for Firefox from:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…
#mastodon #remoteFollow #federation #usability #tip #firefox #extension
Download Mastodon – Simplified Federation! for Firefox. Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse.addons.mozilla.org
And, just a little bit later, back in #Firefox and #thunderbird I've managed to:
1. Quickly get my email down to under 20 messages in my inbox.
2. Find a tab manager that actually makes more sense than #viv aldi
⚠️ Avoid #Chromium-based browsers: Websites can detect what addons are installed by fetching their web-accessible resources. Try yourself: z0ccc.github.io/extension-fing…
This is yet another possible way of #tracking users all across the internet. However, there's a simple solution: Just use #Firefox.
Since the IDs of Firefox extensions are unique for every user, it is not possible to know or guess the addresses of their web-accessible resources.
This looks cool: #mozilla has released an add-on for #firefox that can do web page #translation *locally* instead of sending data to the cloud.
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/lo…
Based on Project Bergamot and implemented in WebAssembly
The translations add-on is now available in the Firefox Add-On store for installation on Firefox Nightly, Beta and in General Release.Rebecca Smith (The Mozilla Blog)
Not sure about why Linux isn't mentioned in the article, but I'm a bit happier about using #Firefox today.
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With Total Cookie Protection by default, Firefox is now the most private and secure major browser available across Windows and Mac.Mozilla (The Mozilla Blog)
Mozilla Introduces Local Machine Translation Tool for Firefox
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#Linux #OpenSource #Firefox #Mozilla
Mozilla introduced an Add-on to help you translate web pages locally without transmitting the data to the cloud or server.arindam (DebugPointNews.com)
The Linux Gamer on Firefox
youtube.com/watch?t=3s&v=7xvtz…
Discussions: discu.eu/q/youtube.com/watch?t…
The web without Firefox is a web not worth having. Metrics: https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activityhttps://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/m...YouTube
Faster page loading, less memory usage and packed with features, the new Firefox is here.Mozilla
Linux life hack: say you have a page open in Firefox on your Linux machine and you want to view it on your phone (and you don’t have some fancy integration between the two)…
Instead of typing in the URL, get the FxQRL extension that shows you a QR code of the current tab’s URL and aim your phone’s camera at it.
Boom! :)
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#linux #lifeHack #firefox #extension #web #QRcode #mobile #browser
Download FxQRL - URL to QR code for Firefox. Turns your URLs into QR code images using built-in library, no network connection is made in this add-on.addons.mozilla.org
So, I opened a new tab in #Firefox and immediately notice this. After a brief WTF moment, I click on the dots menu over the icon and land on this page:
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/s…
(Note that from the URL I removed the UTM: `as=u&utm_source=inproduct`)
To sum up, another automatic opt-in from which I have to say no in the settings.
Working with its advertising partners, Mozilla may place sponsored shortcuts on the default Firefox home page and New Tab page. Learn more.support.mozilla.org
#Firefox turns to version 100...
The need for a browser not created and owned by a major advertiser couldn't be more important than ever...
techradar.com/news/firefox-ver…
A bunch of new features arrive to mark the occasionDaryl Baxter (TechRadar)
There are new PC workstations in the public area of the #TIB. The client itself had to be based on Win 10, but I have used a lot of free and #opensource software: Login works with pGina, a foss replacement for Credential Provider (and GINA) to authenticate with the #library card on Windows. Browser is #Firefox and I use @libreoffice, SumatraPDF as a PDF and eBook reader, NAPS2 with Tesseract for automated text recognition (OCR), VLC Media Player and of course Notepad++.
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Die Arbeitsplätze bieten Nutzer:innen neben Internetzugang auch gängige Software für das studentische Arbeiten sowie Scanmöglichkeiten.Christian Imhorst und Hardy Warlich (Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB))
Recently, there has been misinformation about #Mozilla's browser #Firefox claiming that a new feature called #FirefoxSuggest would send any address bar inputs to advertising companies by default.
This is not true.
In reality, all sponsored suggestions are given offline by default, meaning that no additional user data is sent anywhere. Online suggestions are strictly opt-in.
Please do not spread false information.
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🔗 searchfox.org/mozilla-central/…
🔗 bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…
VERIFIED (dao+bmo) in Firefox - Address Bar. Last updated 2021-09-21.bugzilla.mozilla.org
