Firefox
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Firefox will sometimes stop me from making a new tab and force me to update, is there a way to bypass this screen? Just to be clear I don't want to remove auto-updates, just stop it from forcing me. Today I was writing something and it made me update. Meaning I had to stop working on the thing I was writing so I could close the browser. Then when it updated it **deleted all my toolbars whyyyyyy.**
Curious what others' thoughts are about the monopoly ruling for Google and potential effects on Firefox. Last I knew the fix was not determined yet, but with Firefox's main source of income being from Google paying them to Goolge their default search, makes me wonder if lawsuits like this could actually backfire on current competition and not actually produce a more competitive environment. Not sure how Firefox could recover if the courts ruling would be Google can't make these deals.
Most of Mozilla's money of course comes from Google to make them the default search engine on Firefox. And of course its a way for Google to ensure there's at least one alternative browser engine. Reading about how Texeira was recently fired and how executives have been pushing for AI features for a long time, Mozilla certainly loves chasing trends and then forgetting them, like how Google kills lots of products. It seems like the company can't stand on its own two feet without Google's funding and is poorly run. What happened to Mozilla over the years? How much effort did they put in to trying to be a successful tech company? because it hasn't been until the past few that I really started following Firefox and Mozilla news. I wonder if Mozilla could've been Proton, years before Proton AG existed, making their own comprehensive suite of privacy-friendly tools, since Mozilla makes privacy their brand. And they were late to the smartphone game with Firefox OS. If they were smart, they would've ensured their long term survival with an actual business, to continue funding development of their privacy and FOSS software like Firefox, without large funding sources like Google.
 I had it on for a few days but it's inconvenient. I don't pause videos before switching tabs if they're not playing sounds, this feature would turn pip on for them. I wonder if anyone has it on and likes it.
blog.thunderbird.net
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GPT summarize: > Mozilla's latest update on Privacy-Preserving Attribution (PPA) discusses its testing phase in Firefox, focusing on privacy in digital advertising. The prototype allows aggregated ad measurement without revealing individual user data, using cryptographic techniques and partnerships with entities like ISRG and Fastly. PPA aligns with privacy laws like GDPR and is being tested in controlled environments, such as ads for Mozilla VPN on the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN). Mozilla aims to refine PPA through feedback and expand testing while ensuring transparency and collaboration.
endler.dev
> I look left and right, and I'm the only one who still uses Firefox.
It is apparently possible to use Firefox containers to bypass or enable a VPN on a per-site basis. I discovered this yesterday and it makes using a VPN nowadays much easier, wish I'd heard of it ages ago. Using a SOCKS proxy this way also [reduces captchas](https://mullvad.net/en/help/socks5-proxy#why). To setup: 1. Install [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/). 2. Install [Container Proxy](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/container-proxy/). 3. Add VPN config under **Extensions** (puzzle icon in toolbar) > **Container proxy** > **Proxies** (for example, [Mullvad SOCKS5 proxy](https://mullvad.net/en/help/socks5-proxy)). 4. Make sure "Proxy DNS requests" is checked and the [Uncloak canonical names setting in uBlock Origin is disabled](https://github.com/bekh6ex/firefox-container-proxy/issues/23#issuecomment-773249909) to prevent DNS leaks. 5. Assign VPN to default and private browsing container. 6. Create a new container named e.g. "Unsecured" with the Multi-Account Container add-on and assign it a direct connection (default). 7. In VPN client, configure Firefox to use split tunneling. [Example split tunneling with the Mullvad app](https://mullvad.net/en/help/split-tunneling-with-the-mullvad-app). 8. Test default and unsecured containers against VPN website. The Container Proxy add-on is only needed to configure the unnamed default and private browsing containers. If you want to do the inverse (create a VPN container and leave the default unprotected), you can do that solely with Multi-Account Containers under **Extensions** (puzzle icon in toolbar) > **Multi-Account Containers** > **Manage Containers** > *Container* > **Advanced proxy settings**.
Is there a way to disable the QR scanner in the search bar? I don't need it. If I'm searching from a QR code, I generally do it from the camera app, and I've only accidentally pushed this button, never intentionally.
I changed emails on my Mozilla account, and then trying to log in again with it, it prompted me to create a new account. I made a [Firefox support post](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1454644) 2 weeks ago but got no responses.
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sh.itjust.works
Just about the title question. Google has now legally been declared a monopoly so they no longer have a reason to be paying Mozilla. And Mozilla never had to slut themselves (and us) for Google in the first place.
connect.mozilla.org
Direct link: https://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/413b49c8ae9e
A Mozilla employee recently released a Firefox addon to change the user agent to Chrome on sites the user enables it on. - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-mask/ - https://reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1eic7bj/chroe_mask_makes_firefox_wear_a_mask_to_look_like/
www.thunderbird.net
Updates in code base, interface, mobile development, plus improvements to the look and feel on Linux. Pretty cool to see!
www.omgubuntu.co.uk
> The latest Firefox Nightly build provides a feature that dramatically improves how its picture-in-picture (PIP) feature works — and I'm totally digging
I'm actually pissed. I and many other users on the forum got an email from Chris Hayes on this: Hello, This is a friendly email to make you aware that your personal email address is currently visible to the whole internet via Mozilla's Discourse forum. It will show up in Google Search results. The affected email is the one that this email was sent to. Many users may not be aware that their email address is publicly visible and Mozilla has not done anything about it in the 4 years it has been known, so I've taken this into my own hands to inform you. ## What can you do? You can update your profile name to be something else (actually, profile name is completely optional, so you can leave it blank if you want). **Steps to update profile name:** 1. If you search for "**Mozilla Discourse forum**" it should be one of the first results. 2. Login. (Top-right) 3. Click on your **profile picture** at the top right. 4. Then, click on your **username,** at the top of the dropdown menu. 5. Click on the "**Preferences**" button. 6. Change the "**Name**" field, and click "**Save Changes**". ## How did this happen? There's a misconfiguration with Mozilla's Discourse forum that when you sign up with your Firefox account, it will ***by default*** **use your personal email address as your profile's public name**. This is not a new issue, and has been **known since 2020**. The Mozilla Discourse forum is not actively maintained by Mozilla, so this has yet to be fixed. You are one of **4,630** other users impacted by this privacy issue. It impacts **19%** of all forum users, and **28%** of new users. ## More information: There's a Discourse discussion about this problem here: [https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/email-is-displayed-by-default-for-the-new-account/92266](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/email-is-displayed-by-default-for-the-new-account/92266) If you have connections to Mozilla, please help escalate this issue to the right people. This is a serious and long-standing privacy issue at an organization that *should* value "Privacy by default". Sincerely,[@chris](https://people.mozilla.org/p/chris)A fellow Mozillian **I am not Mozilla:** This is **not** an official Mozilla email, I do not represent or work for Mozilla. This is an email from a fellow community member spreading awareness of this unaddressed privacy issue.
I've created 2 themes on https://color.firefox.com/ ~ one light themed & one dark themed. Would it be possible to configure these as a dynamic theme which follows my system's light/dark settings? (I'm using Fedora if that's relevant)
## Sad story ahead Today I fully removed Firefox as my main browser. It's banned from all my devices from now onwards. I used Firefox as my only browser since I was 10 years old. Which is 24 years now (24 years!). I loved Firefox trying to be a good alternative to Chrome, promoting open-source and showing the world that privacy does matter. Sadly not anymore, recently after Mozilla hostile CEO takeover and moving the company forward to an advertisement company. Neglecting privacy. And fully want the other way around, tracking user data sending back to Mozilla. And at the same time Mozilla has also became an ads company just like Google, so there is no difference anymore really. And it only goes down-hill from here. Furthermore, Mozilla is spending more money in AI companies then in the product Firefox itself. So.. Luckily, there are plenty great Firefox forks! Look into some of them yourself and really pick an alternative _rather sooner than later_: - LibreWolf - Floorp (_I went with Floorp_, thus far it's great!!!) - Waterfox - Mullvad Just pick one, anything... from above list! I know, it's sad. It's very sad, after 24 years I didn't went to leave Firefox, but this last moves was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm out, cya at the fork!
Firefox
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