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Make Firefox Private Again make-firefox-private-again.com/

1101 sats \ 8 comments \ @beorange 21 Aug security

I highly recommend Librewolf

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @MalwareLab 21 Aug

Good to know about this privacy issue.

However, if we need fix this issue only on one, maybe two computers, I would prefer to do it manually with the steps described in the linked website:

about:config
dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled
set to false

In the environment with lot of computers, I would prefer to download the script to one computer, check if it is not malicious and then run the desired command on the other computers - especially if the script is similar one-liner as this one :-)

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jarfi 22 Aug

you can see what the script runs at the top of the page

echo 'user_pref("dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled", false);' | tee -a  $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/$(grep "Default=.*\.default*" "$HOME/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini" | cut -d"=" -f2)/user.js
echo 'Restart Firefox for the change to have effect'

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MalwareLab 22 Aug

I know, this is what the script does. It is safe now, but what about tomorrow, or next week, month, year? It can be changed, the domain registration could expire (after one year) and then it could be registered by someone with the malicious intents. This is why I prefer to examine the random script downloaded from the Internet before executing it in the production :-)

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @DawnoftheDead 22 Aug

The problem with thinking money is the key to happiness is that you will think the reason you are unhappy is just because you dont have enough yet.

Why i say this? Firefox seems to have a sustainable business, they do not need to "sell out". But apparently they did? Why? :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Silent_Hodler 22 Aug

They do need to make money but with ads? Shame...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SatsMate 22 Aug

I remember using firefox exclusively after being done with IE. Why not move to a private browser is there something that keeps drawing you towards firefox? I know it has been best in class for a while.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 21 Aug

Is Firefox ESR affected?