Firefox survey

Edit: follow up survey on what people use to block Google Analytics - https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111582459033412757

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:

https://mastodon.social/@estherschindler@hachyderm.io/111536411958417952

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)

der.hans

2023-12-15 04:06:45

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:

https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111540576094415582

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. 🤡 https://tuta.com/blog/google-search-monopoly

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 https://fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-newsletter-120/

#Firefox #a11y #webdev

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...

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/120.0/releasenotes/

Y Chrome yendo en la dirección contraria. Se viene un cisma en internet.

#enshitification #firefox #privacidad

Firefox 120.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes

^Mozilla

Cheeky fuckers.

#Youtube have deployed Javascript that delays video load if the user is using #Firefox

https://old.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/17z8hsz/youtube_has_started_to_artificially_slow_down/

Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if...

Posted in r/youtube by u/vk6_ • 5,196 points and 486 comments

^reddit

"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."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

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:

⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/chrome-users-beware-manifest-v3-deceitful-and-threatening
⚠️⁠https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation

Chrome Manifest V3 Transition Timeline (2023-11-16)

🚩⁠https://developer.chrome.com/blog/resuming-the-transition-to-mv3/

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}

#Firefox enables #Wayland by default

Let's hope it sticks 🤞

https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D189367

!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: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1823007

But as always, we'll also keep you posted right here.

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 (https://medium.com/@stoically/enhance-your-privacy-in-firefox-with-temporary-containers-33925cd6cd21) 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.

If you've seen in the PR for #ECH in #curl and been curious what it is? https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/11922

The browsers go all-in on it. Now #Firefox:
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/

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 th

^{Sarah Vasquez (The Mozilla Blog)}

"Say (an encrypted) hello to a more private internet."

Just #mozilla making your #firefox more privacy preserving, as we are wont to do.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/

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 th

^{Sarah Vasquez (The Mozilla Blog)}

Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on any site

Link: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2023/7/1.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36602193

#firefox

On Monday morning we (Mozilla) detected a very large crash spike affecting #Firefox users on Linux, specifically on an older version of a Debian-based distribution.

It turned out to be an interesting bug involving the #Linux kernel and #Google JavaScript code so let me tell you about it.

A thread 🧵

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839669 1/6

They really look awesome together, don't they?

This summer, please reorganize your task bars appropriately 😆

#Firefox #Thunderbird

Now I have to go and rearrange my Firefox and @thunderbird icons on the task bar! They need to be side-by-side.

Is it just me, or does there need to be a huge VS in the middle...

#Firefox #Thunderbird

Just like our software, the current (and yes, beloved) Thunderbird logo has seen small, iterative improvements throughout the last 20 years. But now the software is evolving into something more modern, and we believe it deserves a fresh logo that properly represents this revitalization.

Introducing the brand new Thunderbird logo, designed by the creator of the original #Firefox and #Thunderbird logos, @jonhicks 🎉

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/introducing-the-brand-new-thunderbird-logo/

Introducing The Brand New Thunderbird Logo!

We asked Jon Hicks, creator of the original Firefox and Thunderbird logos, to re-imagine his iconic design in light of our exciting future. 

^{Ryan Sipes (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Just like #Firefox, you can add your own custom start page to #Thunderbird. What are some of your favorite start pages?

(Pictured in our screenshot is Bonjourr. via https://github.com/victrme/Bonjourr)

*Adds another awesome podcast to his already bulging #AntennaPod subscriptions list 😁

@thunderbird
@mconley

#podcast #firefox #thunderbird #ubuntu

True story: Mozilla's @mconley is a legend. (Also, he worked on Mozilla Messenger, and is responsible for #Ubuntu shipping with Thunderbird!)

His enthusiasm is so contagious that just listening to this podcast might turn you into a software engineer! Join us for ThunderCast episode 2 as we reminisce about the early days of the internet, and talk about Firefox features more people should be using.
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thundercast-episode-2-with-special-mozilla-guest-mike-conley/

#Thunderbird #Firefox #Podcast

ThunderCast Episode #2: With Special Mozilla Guest Mike Conley

Mozilla's Mike Conley joins us to discuss the nostalgia of the early internet, his first task for Thunderbird, and some great Firefox features

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

"We need people fighting for Firefox"

I agree. Firefox has been my default browser since a loooong time. The current situation is very problematic in the medium-long term, and has potential to be worse than the "IE6" times, because Google is (and has been for ages) actually an Ads company.

If not directly, somehow help keep Firefox alive.

https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/13e2qtn/we_need_people_fighting_for_firefox/

#firefox #browsers #FightForFirefox #openweb

Welcome back to the ThunderCast: Episode 2 is READY!

We welcome special #Mozilla guest @mconley, a software mechanic, musician, livestreamer, and self-described “pre-internet phenomenon” among many other awesome things.

Join us for a great conversation full of nostalgia, a behind-the-scenes look at some great Firefox features, and much more!

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/05/thundercast-episode-2-with-special-mozilla-guest-mike-conley/

#Podcast #Firefox #OpenSource #Dev #Email #Linux

ThunderCast Episode #2: With Special Mozilla Guest Mike Conley

Mozilla's Mike Conley joins us to discuss the nostalgia of the early internet, his first task for Thunderbird, and some great Firefox features

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}