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Emanuele @emanuelegori@mastodon.uno
· 2d ago
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social My personal picks: LibreWolf for hardening out of the box, and Firefox with arkenfox if you want full control over every setting. Both are open source, independent from Google, and uBlock Origin works perfectly on them. #Privacy #LibreWolf #Firefox #arkenfox #FOSS
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yoasif @yoasif@mastodon.social
· 2mo ago
The beauty of #Mozilla coming out against regulating #Google because they depend on the money Google pays them is that we're only a few years away from them saying that we can't regulate #AI companies for the very same reason - "The AI #LLM companies pay us, and wouldn't it be a pity if #firefox went away if you regulate them?" Mozilla now seems to want to entrench the worst of the web, as long as they get a cut of the proceeds.
Mozilla says stricter antitrust measures against Google 'threaten Firefox’ - TechCentral.ie
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Mozilla says stricter antitrust measures against Google 'threaten Firefox’ - TechCentral.ie

Mozilla, the developer of Firefox, has warned that it may be forced to exit the browser market if it is no longer allowed to receive payments from Google for offering its search engine. According to Mozilla, a ban on these payments could lead the company and other independent browser developers to withdraw from the market. […]

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Marius Quabeck 🦄 @marius@social.nerdzoom.media
· 2mo ago
RE: https://marius.blog/firefox-155-ai-kill-switch-retest/ Mozilla released Firefox 155 yesterday, so I took another look at its AI kill switch. The switch has grown since Firefox 148, but telemetry and advertising remain active. I retested it with Wireshark, and Mozilla’s internal reaction to my previous findings became part of the story too. #Firefox #Mozilla #AI #Privacy #OpenSource
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Firefox’s AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn’t. My Wireshark test of Firefox 148 showed that its AI kill switch disables generative features, but leaves telemetry and advertising untouched. Six months later, Mozilla’s CEO has called the switch perhaps the most important AI feature of all. I retested it in Firefox 155. Read the full article: https://marius.blog/firefox-155-ai-kill-switch-retest/ #AI #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #privacy #telemetry I spoke with @tante@tldr.nettime.org for this article. Written by Marius Quabeck. Replies: @marius@social.nerdzoom.media
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blinry @blinry@chaos.social
· 8mo ago
Here's a thread of cool things I found exploring the #Firefox Developer Tools! First, a really convenient thing: You can "pop out" the Toolbox into a separate window! To do this, open the Toolbox (using F12), click on the ellipsis menu on the right, and select "Separate Window". I like this much better than the default "docked" modes, especially when using a scrolling window manager like #niri! #webdev #devtools
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jbz @jbz@indieweb.social
· 3w ago
🦊 Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support - OMG! Ubuntu ｢ Firefox’s Smart Window, the AI-powered browsing mode that uses a cloud-based provider like OpenAI and Alibaba to help you browse, can now fill in form fields for you, by pulling relevant info from your other open tabs or your saved autofill data ｣ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/firefox-158-released-with-jpeg-xl-support #firefox #mozilla #opensource
Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support - OMG! Ubuntu
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Firefox 158 released with JPEG XL support - OMG! Ubuntu

Firefox 158 is now available to download, providing out-of-the-box support for JPEG XL images. JPEG XL is said to have better compression than other image

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Kroc Camen @Kroc@oldbytes.space
· 10mo ago
Seize ownership. You fork, not to make another browser to compete, you fork to say "this is the source of truth now, out of Mozilla's hands". Fork #Firefox, call it NotFirefox (the name doesn't matter) and declare this as the place for volunteers to submit their MRs, all Firefox-based browsers commit to using that repo as their base. Take ownership of the community away from #Mozilla, make them have to do the merging and rebasing work for their AI shitbrowser. #enshitfication #opensource
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omg! ubuntu @omgubuntu@floss.social
· 3mo ago
Firefox 153 has been released! This is the last monthly release before the release schedule speeds up. It enables container tabs for all, QR code link sharing and – at long last – nicely rounded bottom window corners on GTK desktops. Details and screenshots: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/07/firefox-153-new-containers-feature?v1 #Firefox #OpenSource #Linux
Firefox 153 enables container tabs, GTK rounded corners + more
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Firefox 153 enables container tabs, GTK rounded corners + more

Mozilla has released Firefox 153 with built-in containers, QR code generation and more quick actions in the address bar. This is the the penultimate

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PPC Land @ppcland@mastodon.social
· 3mo ago
DMA gains Firefox 6 million EU users but leaves Google 90% dominant: A University of Antwerp analysis finds Bing, Edge and Mozilla, not EU rivals, stand to gain most from contestability, questioning whether sovereignty follows. https://ppc.land/dma-gains-firefox-6-million-eu-users-but-leaves-google-90-dominant/ #DigitalMarketsAct #Firefox #GoogleDominance #TechAnalysis #Bing
DMA gains Firefox 6 million EU users but leaves Google 90% dominant
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DMA gains Firefox 6 million EU users but leaves Google 90% dominant

A University of Antwerp analysis finds Bing, Edge and Mozilla, not EU rivals, stand to gain most from contestability, questioning whether sovereignty follows.

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/G|T|R|O|N|I|X\ :python: :emacs: :nix: :linux: @gtronix@infosec.exchange
· 3mo ago
"Firefox is adding an AI-powered daily crossword that turns the news into a puzzle" "Clues are drawn from stories Particle has already processed, and users can click through to the articles for context. The crossword puzzle updates daily and pulls from current news topics." https://www.techspot.com/news/113244-firefox-adding-ai-powered-daily-crossword-turns-news.html #Firefox
Firefox's New Tab page is getting a daily crossword built from AI-summarized news
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Firefox's New Tab page is getting a daily crossword built from AI-summarized news

The crossword puzzle updates daily and pulls from current news topics. Clues are drawn from stories Particle has already processed, and users can click through to the...

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Bob Downie @geomannie@mastodon.scot
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @gvenema@fairmove.net
I mainly use Mastodon but I am also on #BlueSky to follow & interact with people who are not here. Having said that, I am pissed that due to the #UK government age verification laws I have to prove my ID/age via a 3rd party company to use the site for direct messaging. Thank you but no. I could use a VPN to get around this but I found more elegant solutions on github. Adding the suggested script into UBlock Origin on #Firefox worked a treat. #privacy
Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.
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Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.

Bluesky's age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it. - bluesky-osa.md

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Børge @forteller@tutoteket.no
· 1mo ago
I have 3 apps with support for spellcheck on my new install of Linux with Gnome: Zen (Firefox), Gnome Text Editor and LibreOffice. They have three different amounts of dictionaries I can choose from: 19, 0 and 1. Because of this I have to assume that they all download their own dictionaries. If I add a new word to the dictionary in one app it will not work in any other app. This is annoying! Would love to see work on shared dictionaries across all apps! #firefox #gnome #LibreOffice #linux
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Børge @forteller@tutoteket.no
· 1mo ago
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Also, Firefox. please! I'm begging you. Even if there's no work on any common dictionaries in Linux, please stop including 18 versions of English in your spellchecker! It's so, so annoying! What even is "English (Israel)"? #mozilla #firefox
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