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AfterDawn<p>Mozillalta varoitus: Päivitä vanhentunut Firefox heti</p><p>Mikäli käytössä on Firefox 127 tai sitä vanhempi, on selaimen juurivarmenne vanhentunut. Tästä seuraa tietoturvaongelmia ja mm. lisäosat eivät ole enää luotettavia.</p><p>Kehotus koskee Windowsia, Linuxia, macOS:aa ja Androidia.</p><p><a href="https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2025/03/15/mozillalta-varoitus-firefox-pitaa-paivittaa-heti" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dawn.fi/uutiset/2025/03/15/moz</span><span class="invisible">illalta-varoitus-firefox-pitaa-paivittaa-heti</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/selaimet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selaimet</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/tietoturva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tietoturva</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/uutiset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uutiset</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/teknologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teknologia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/tekniikka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tekniikka</span></a></p>
CX-7<p>Privacy? Yeah… about that.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a></p>
Miguel Máiquez<p>Pues me acabo de enterar de que Wayback Machine <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> tiene una extensión genial con versiones para todos los navegadores más usados. De la descripción:</p><p>"Retrocede en el tiempo para ver cómo ha cambiado un sitio web a lo largo de la historia de la Red, guarda sitios web, accede a páginas 404 no encontradas, o lee libros y artículos archivados."</p><p> Esta es la de Firefox (y derivados):</p><p><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wayback-machine_new/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef</span><span class="invisible">ox/addon/wayback-machine_new/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaybackMachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extensiones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extensiones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>addons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/navegadores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navegadores</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a></p>
Linuxiac<p>Firefox’s most popular top 10 add-ons are heavily dominated by ad blockers, revealing a strong user preference for ad-free browsing.<br><a href="https://linuxiac.com/ublock-origin-is-the-most-popular-firefox-add-on/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">linuxiac.com/ublock-origin-is-</span><span class="invisible">the-most-popular-firefox-add-on/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
attila<p>you know what? despite the letterbox annoyance, the mastodon web app actually seems to work *better* under <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> than plain old <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> fwiw ymmv </p><p>not sure why, haven't opened the debugger yet, but i'm mildly amazed <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a></p>
It's a me, Mauro<p>I am officially <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> free:</p><p><a href="https://mograph.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> ------------------&gt; <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/Waterfox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waterfox</span></a><br>Firefox Dev Editon --&gt; Waterfox extra profile<br><a href="https://mograph.social/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> ------------&gt; Evolution</p><p>And thanks for all the fish...</p>
jbz<p>Nozilla (via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@yoasif" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>yoasif</span></a></span>)</p><p>「 Mozilla reduced granularity into the options for data collection in Firefox, enabled additional data collection by default, and gave itself the ability to use this new data for advertising purposes. Users would have to opt out of this data collection for it not to be used for advertising purposes (a purpose that Mozilla in this iteration is not forthright about) 」</p><p><a href="https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/03/12/mozilla-has-been-sharing-aggregated-firefox-data-with-advertisers-since-2017-when-it-enabled-telemetry-by-default.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quippd.com/writing/2025/03/12/</span><span class="invisible">mozilla-has-been-sharing-aggregated-firefox-data-with-advertisers-since-2017-when-it-enabled-telemetry-by-default.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> Has Likely Been Sharing Aggregated <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> Data With Advertisers Since 2017, When it Enabled Telemetry by Default</p><p><a href="https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/03/12/mozilla-has-been-sharing-aggregated-firefox-data-with-advertisers-since-2017-when-it-enabled-telemetry-by-default.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quippd.com/writing/2025/03/12/</span><span class="invisible">mozilla-has-been-sharing-aggregated-firefox-data-with-advertisers-since-2017-when-it-enabled-telemetry-by-default.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
🦠Toxic Flange🔬⚱️🌚<p>Ahh huh… Can WebUSB for Chrome be used as an extra fingerprinting scheme without the user knowing it?? </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chrome</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>A Look at Firefox Forks</p><p>Link: <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1012453/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lwn.net/Articles/1012453/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43361959" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3361959</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
Lea 💚🧵🛠️📊🥧🇺🇦🍉<p>Möchte mir gerade <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> in <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> installieren. Aber was bedeutet es, dass es die Berechtigung haben will, "auf meine Daten für alle Websites zuzugreifen"? <br><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/</span><span class="invisible">addon/ublock-origin/</span></a><br><a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/antitracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitracking</span></a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datenschutz</span></a></p>
✨🇪🇺 Mia’s Simulacrum 🏳️‍⚧️✨<p>Had enough of big tech browser corpos like Google (Chrome) or Mozilla (Firefox) collecting your data and selling them to Advertisers?</p><p>Then it is time to uninstall them and get yourself a Norwegian browser Vivaldi with 0 external investors!</p><p><a href="https://vivaldi.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vivaldi.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/buyFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyFromEU</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a></p>
iX Magazin<p>Firefox-Finanzierung unter Druck: Mozilla bangt um Zahlungen für Google-Suche</p><p>Geht es nach dem US-Justizministerium, darf Google bald nicht mehr für die Einrichtung als Standardsuche zahlen. Mozilla sorgt sich nun um seine Einnahmequelle.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Firefox-Finanzierung-unter-Druck-Mozilla-bangt-um-Zahlungen-fuer-Google-Suche-10315276.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Firefox-Finanzie</span><span class="invisible">rung-unter-Druck-Mozilla-bangt-um-Zahlungen-fuer-Google-Suche-10315276.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Kartellrecht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kartellrecht</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Netzpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netzpolitik</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Suchmaschine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suchmaschine</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Unternehmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unternehmen</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wirtschaft</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>I-cant-believe-its-not-webusb: Hacking around lack of WebUSB support in Firefox</p><p>Link: <a href="https://github.com/ArcaneNibble/i-cant-believe-its-not-webusb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/ArcaneNibble/i-cant</span><span class="invisible">-believe-its-not-webusb</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43360642" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3360642</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
Vincentux<p>Quelqu'un aurait un bout de code .css pour réduire la colonne de gauche de Mastodon ? 🧐 </p><p>🔁 <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/stylus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stylus</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>css</span></a></p>
Morgan<p>Goodbye, <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>.</p>
rival<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itsfoss</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImageMagick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImageMagick</span></a> screencap: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sidebery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sidebery</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VerticalTabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VerticalTabs</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IceWM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IceWM</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShadesOfGrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShadesOfGrey</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a>+<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> at sight: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zathura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zathura</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Viewnior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viewnior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeltaChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeltaChat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dino</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jami</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LXTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LXTerminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PCManFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCManFM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fs</span></a><br><a href="https://imagemagick.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">imagemagick.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sidebery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef</span><span class="invisible">ox/addon/sidebery/</span></a><br><a href="https://ice-wm.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ice-wm.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://archlinux.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archlinux.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.gnu.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gnu.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.geany.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">geany.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">pwmt.org/projects/zathura/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://siyanpanayotov.com/project/viewnior/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">siyanpanayotov.com/project/vie</span><span class="invisible">wnior/</span></a><br><a href="https://delta.chat/en/" 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The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> warns users to update <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> before certificate expires</p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-warns-users-to-update-firefox-before-certificate-expires/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/soft</span><span class="invisible">ware/mozilla-warns-users-to-update-firefox-before-certificate-expires/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>
Youssuff Quips<p>People who had willingly opted into sharing telemetry data by running Nightly or Beta builds of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> to help Mozilla make a better product – those are the people who are blindsided by this change. We chose to opt in to share data with Mozilla, and the way that the data was used changed after we made our decision – and it wasn’t really clear that it was the case.</p>
Youssuff Quips<p>Instead, Mozilla had successfully enabled data collection in its largest user population (the release branch of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a>) and was now able to use that data for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> purposes. That wasn’t how it was reported, that isn’t how we saw it - but that seems to be what happened.</p>