Despite all my experience, I am sometimes tempted to give certain #software vendors a second chance.

And I was curious to see what the new #AppleMaps could do. Unfortunately, my trial only lasted a few seconds, because neither one of my operating systems nor the browser I use for my daily work are supported.

And so I can say: negative prejudices confirmed, I don't need something like this.

#Apple #Firefox #interoperability #Linux

Apple just released a Chromium/Safari version of Apple Maps. I wonder if they are planning on making a web version as well.

#Firefox #Mozilla #AppleMaps

Wow, #Element (the flagship #Matrix client) dropped support for #Firefox ESR in release 1.11.70. Or rather, they never supported it in the first place, only supporting "last two versions". The change causes a corrupted session for ESR users, and can't be reverted to fix it.

(Note that all Debian Stable users, by default, run Firefox ESR. This is kind of a big deal. ESR is always up to date on security, and gets new features once per year.)

They're managing the issue somewhat badly: github.com/element-hq/element-…

The best we've gotten so far, from a dev caught in the middle:

« Element devs follow the policy set out by people that manage them, they get an input but they do not control the policy. »

Nothing from their employer, whoever that is.

Make sure Element Web works with Firefox ESR · Issue #27684 · element-hq/element-web

Your use case It seems (given the discussion in #27682, unless the person in charge of support there) that Firefox ESR isn't supported. Given it has a large user base (enterprise, Debian stable and...

^GitHub

Here's another interesting bit on the topic of 3rd party software messing up your computer. Did you know that we have an entire component in #Firefox's issue tracker that covers external software crashing it? We've got a truckload of stuff in there: anti-viruses, shell extensions, bank plugins and naturally EDR/XDR software.

To deal with this junk we have complex and extensive machinery to block injected DLLs or work around their issues.

bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.c…

I looked at Librewolf and it seemed like it'd be perfect. Was still able to send tabs around from machine to machine and sync bookmarks and stuff, which is the thing I suspected wouldn't work. All worked okay, was just firefox without the bullshit they do these days.

Until it just threw javascript errors on my TTRSS install and I couldn't read my newsreader.

Only on my desktop machine mind, it was fine on the laptop.

Maybe I should try harder. Perhaps it was just a fleeting thing that would be fixed next version.

#librewolf #firefox #advertising #bullshit

So I turned off the new Firefox advertiser-friendly stuff.

But somehow I feel this isn't enough. I want to do more than just turn the feature off, I would prefer to submit poisoned and false data to it continually.

Anyone know a plugin that will flood this bullshit system with fake AI lies or anything like that?

In the page explaining why they silently forced this bullshit on me they say "Attribution is very important to advertisers"

Fuck advertisers. Fuck them. You get that Firefox? It is not your job to be kind to advertisers, it is your job to fuck them on my behalf.

#firefox #adverts #tracking

I'm hearing that Mozilla worked with Facebook to build this malware that they silently injected into our machines.

Reminds me of that episode of Batman where Batman teamed up with the Penguin to develop a more citizen-friendly system of crime and extortion so that the Penguin could stop having so many people murdered.

Oh, no, wait. That never happened because Batman knows who the fucking bad guys are.

#firefox #mozilla #meta #facebook

Thoughts on the new Mozilla statement regarding #firefox #PPA

I don't care how strong you think the privacy properties of a new feature are (and there are legitimate arguments to be had disputing those technical claims) - enabling an experiment like that by default is incredibly disrespectful to users, and doubling down is the act that comes across as outright hostile.

Ab Firefox Version 128 (Desktop) solltet ihr folgende Einstellung anpassen:

Einstellungen -> Datenschutz & Sicherheit -> Werbeeinstellungen für Websites ->
Websites erlauben, datenschutzfreundliche Werbe-Messungen durchzuführen: Häkchen entfernen.

#firefox #mozilla #ads #tracking

Ever found modern fancy scrollbars in #Firefox inaccessible?

about:config and:

widget.gtk.overlay-scrollbars.enabled → false

keeps them fully visible while not however.

widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override

can be used to make them thicker (I've set 24).

#accessibility

+1 reason why you must stop using Chrome and, if possible, Chromium browsers

(Upd: link to a post in Fediverse with tech details fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/…)

(Upd 2: MS Edge and Arc browsers seems to have this issue; #Vivaldi also has it but it can be disabled; Ungoogled Chromium doesn't have it at all)

#Privacy #Tech #Technology #Browser #Chrome #Chromium #Firefox #Google #BigTech

Simon Willison

2024-07-09 17:54:05

It turns out Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on `*.google.com` access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage

You can test it out by pasting the following into your Chrome DevTools console on any Google page:

chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
"nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome",
{ method: "cpu.getInfo" },
(response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2));
},
);

More notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/9/h…

hangout_services/thunk.js

It turns out Google Chrome (via Chromium) includes a default extension which makes extra services available to code running on the `*.google.com` domains - tweeted about today [by Luca Casonato](https://twitter.

^{simonwillison.net}

WTF does the web inspector want to truncate my WebSocket messages. I haven't seen them yet. And there don't seem to be a way to prevent this.

#firefox

So when is K-9 mail actually going to become Thunderbird?

#mozilla #firefox #Thunderbird

As #Mozilla is busy adding AI crap to #Firefox, I would like to point out that it's about 13 years since they removed the #RSS button from default Firefox GUI, and six years since RSS support was completely dropped from Firefox.

Thus making feeds invisible and impossible to discover for most web users.

RSS/Atom/JSON feeds are an immensely useful and important tech that can help solve the content discovery problem *without* going through gatekeepers. 👀

But obviously not a priority for Mozilla.

#Firefox

We need more browser CODE diversity, not just different flavors of Chromium.

Ready to break #Google's monopoly?

#Chrome Manifest V3 is here to stop you from blocking ads.

Here are great alternatives:

✅ #Firefox
✅ #Duckduckgo
✅ @torproject
✅ More options: tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…

Which one did you pick?

Best Private Browsers 2024 | Top 10 To Stop Trackers

When it comes to most secure browsers Firefox is the best alternative to Chrome - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.

^Tutanota

I find myself a bit surprised that banks, increasingly often, have random transient bugs preventing login with #Firefox (usually, if you try some hours/days later, it works), while logging in with #GNOMEWeb works fine during that time.

As a result, I'm increasingly starting to add banking websites as Epiphany "web apps", just-in-case. It also lets me pre-set the downloads folder to the correct folder.

I'm glad this exists as an alternative when needed.

#GNOME #WebKitGTK #banking #browsers

First, Mozilla started to collect your search data in Firefox, promised to "not sharing anything with 3rd parties". Ok.

Mozilla, moments later, just aquired the advertising firm "Anonym"[1], which is now technically not a 3rd party anymore.

#Mozilla is now becoming an advertising company, using your search data (no matter which search engine you use) to feed their pockets.

Face it: Firefox, built mostly by volunteers, is now owned by an advertising company. Sure has nothing to do with their yearly CEOs salary raises?

[1]: blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mo…

#mozilla #firefox

Mozilla Welcomes Anonym: Privacy Preserving Digital Advertising

Mozilla has acquired Anonym, together they will work to raise the bar for privacy preserving digital advertising.

^{Laura Chambers (The Mozilla Blog)}

When I install software on my machine, I expect it to act as an agent of _my_ interests and to be under _my_ control.

So, for example, I expect my browser to be operating for my benefit and not the benefit of advertisers or anyone else.

A browser supporting private conscious yet "effective" advertising violates this contract. It doesn't exist for me, it exists for the advertisers.

And I don't like being taken advantage of.

#firefox

Switched back to #Firefox earlier this week after using Safari for years and actually surprised by how good it is now. I'd had the impression it had been lagging behind for a while, which is apparently unfair.

Trying out a bunch of extensions: way more than are available for Safari. Lack of integration with the system password manager is annoying but not the end of the world.

If you use #pipewire for cameras you can now (in the upcoming 1.2) enforce specific rotations via node rules. This is useful on devices with rotated cameras that don't use a DT and #libcamera or for testing (e.g. to find out the correct rotation of a phone camera). The rotation is respected by an increasing number of apps, notably #gstreamer based ones (like Snapshot - but not Cheese) and #firefox (if you enable PW cameras via `media.webrtc.camera.allow-pipewire`).

See gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewir…

Webcam is upside down when pipewire is running. (#4034) · Issues · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab

PipeWire version (pipewire --version): 1.0.7. Distribution and distribution version (PRETTY_NAME from /etc/os-release): Ubuntu Oracular Oriole (development branch). Desktop Environment: Sway Wayland...

^GitLab

#firefox #webrtc using #pipewire and #libcamera (with softwareISP) on a #thinkpadx13s - it finally works

The required patches will also make things work for a bunch of #linuxmobile devices.

#linux

#Tutanota and #protonmail
#protonvpn
#dashlane and #protonsecurity
#portmaster
#joplin and #standardnotes
#firefox and #duckduckgo #brave
#signal and #element
#duomobile #authy

#cybersecurity

I don't know if y'all knew this... but if you're importing your #chrome profile into #firefox, and you happen to have one of several extensions installed (#ublockorigin for example!), those extensions will automatically get imported into your Firefox!

Just in case, y'know, you're thinking of switching for some reason.

The whole #Google #Chrome #Manifestv3 fiasco reminded me...

Is there a good way to run #ublockorigin on #android? Or something like it?

And related, as I happen to prefer the #chromium UX over the one offered by #firefox .. is there a Chromium fork which will retain v2?

Boosts appreciated

In January, I reported a bug in #Firefox for the #Mac where VoiceOver loses complete page contents under certain circumstances. The bug recently received a patch, and I was curious and discovered that I can still read Mozilla code without problems. But I resisted the temptation to put the Firefox build system on my Mac and build it myself.

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…

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Firefox (Version 125.3.0 & 126.0/Android) ist in der aktuellen Version leider nicht datenschutzkonform. Verstöße gegen die #DSGVO und das #TDDDG. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/firefox-weshalb…

#firefox #datenschutz #dsgvo #tdddg #privacy #verstoß #gesetz #mozilla #fail

Firefox: Weshalb man LibreWolf und andere Forks bevorzugen sollte

Auf der Seite »Firefox Browser-Funktionen« wird Firefox von Mozilla wie folgt beworben: Ist Firefox ein privater Browser? Wir stellen dein…

^{www.kuketz-blog.de}

Fedi, please help me with Firefox and PDFs.

When I click on a link to a PDF, Firefox does one of three things:
a)Display the PDF in-browser, without saving it to a permanent location on my computer.
b)Open a dialogue window asking me where I want to save the PDF.
c)Download and save it in my "Downloads" folder without asking me, and then display it in-browser.

It seems to pick one of these three behaviors at random. I can't discern any pattern.

The thing is, I never ever ever ever ever want it to do (c). If I'm saving a single file on my computer I always want to select the folder manually.

In about:preferences, I scroll down to "Applications," and see I have set PDFs to "always ask." But it doesn't always ask! I've also tried changing the setting to "Open in Firefox", and I get the same result: sometimes it opens in Firefox without saving, sometimes it saves it to my downloads and then opens in Firefox, and sometimes it asks.

What's going on? Why does it switch seemingly at random between these three behaviors regardless of my setting? How do I get it to stop saving things to my Downloads folder without asking?

EDIT: Oh whoops, I forgot to put my system information.
Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.1
Firefox Flatpak (currently 126, but it's been happening the same way for a long time).

#Firefox #FediQuestions #TechHelp #PDF #PDFs #AlwaysAsk #AboutPreferences

Firefox: Weshalb man LibreWolf und andere Forks bevorzugen sollte. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/firefox-datensc…

#firefox #mozilla #librewolf #fennec #mull #browser #datenschutz #privacy #android #audit #dsgvo #tdddg

Firefox: Datenschutzverstoß bei der Android-Version

Auf der Seite »Firefox Browser-Funktionen« wird Firefox von Mozilla wie folgt beworben: Ist Firefox ein privater Browser? Wir stellen dein…

^{www.kuketz-blog.de}

#Firefox should now support extensions’ content scripts on pages with a sandbox CSP/iframe directive:

Bugzilla bug 1411641: CSP ‘sandbox’ directive prevents content scripts from matching, due to unique origin, breaking also browser features is resolved in the v128 branch, coming in a few months.

Meanwhile WebKit doesn’t even support media controls on pages with a sandbox directive, requiring me to relax it on any page with a video or audio element.