We now have evidence that the strict Content-Security-Policy we added to the #Firefox fronted for hardening purposes prevent a Pwn2Own participant from escaping the sandbox! Definitely validates our approach.
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2025/05/17/firefox-security-response-to-pwn2own-2025/
P.S: Nice work from everyone for being the fastest to ship a fix for the #Pwn2Own findings again.
You have probably seen this #viral #infographic on #eu #digitalsovereignty by #reddit user u/lukakopajtic. It was viral but not very accurate 😅 recommending #bluesky and #firefox as "EU alternatives"? How? Anyway, he just updated the infographic, and it's much, much better! Most issues have been corrected. I think there is still a couple of issues I disagree with: 1) recommending #matrix instead of #jabber #xmpp 2) recommending #lineageos instead of #grapheneos (but OK, I can understand this if the focus is on self-sovereignty only), 3) recommending #droidify instead of #accrescent (but, even here, I can understand if the goal is to replace #playstore ), and 4) recommending #thunderbird as a comparison to #gmail (nothing wrong with Thunderbird, but that's an email client, not a Gmail-like suite provider, I would have rather recommended #mailfence or #mailbox ). Kudos for the initiative though, the intentions are good!
No se les olvide:
Extensiones de Firefox.
✅ ublock Origin
✅ Disconnect
✅ Privacy Badger
✅ Video Download Helper
✅ Bypass paywalls
✅ I dont care about cookies
✅ Ghostery
✅ LibRedirect
✅ Image search options
✅ Open subtitles
✅ Dark reader
✅ Adguard popblocker
✅ Ultra Popblocker
✅ ClearURLs
✅ SponsorBlock
✅ Facebook/Amazon container
✅ Universal Bypass
✅ Stylus
✅ Decentraleyes
✅ NoScript
✅ Cookie AutoDelete
✅ Multi-Account Container
Confirming a fix in FreeBSD 14.3-BETA3
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1khf860/comment/mstkxfs/
Fedi what do I install instead of #Firefox? I just switched to Linux so I'm gonna try and go all in
Firefox tab groups are here https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/tab-groups-community/
Firefox, Mozilla et les alternatives
https://mart-e.be/2025/04/firefox-mozilla-et-les-alternatives
#blog #firefox #mozilla
#Librewolf, #Firefox, #Thunderbird, #Microsoft #Edge and #Teams are now all running isolated using #firejail on my #Slackware laptop while installed from #AppImage, DEB files and generic binaries.
Yep, I should blog it down. But I’m not sure how to turn it given that there are some many mixed subjects there.
If "AI in the browser" was of any true value to users, it would be shipped as an extension. Maybe a paid extension.
Then the market could decide its value.
Forcing it into the browser without consent is an admission that it does not provide users with value and could not survive without a heavy thumb on the scales.
using #firefox or a derivative? Setting browser.ml.chat.enabled=false turns off the brand-new AI features.
You're welcome.
(RIP my mentions, muting this)
Firefox 0-day security vulnerability (CVE-2025-2857) patched
Mozilla patches a sandbox escape vulnerability that is already being exploited (in Chrome)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-19/
Announced: 2025-03-27
Impact: ⚠️ critical
Products: Firefox, Firefox ESR (Firefox on Windows only)
Fixed in:
• Firefox 136.0.4 
• Firefox ESR 115.21.1
• Firefox ESR 128.8.1
This week's net.wars, "Unsafe", finds Apple challenging the UK government over its encryption notice, Wikipedia ever-harder to edit, Firefox going in unwanted direction, and Rachel Maddow comparing cryptocurrencies to Beanie babies: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/03/07/unsafe/ #NetWars #encryption #firefox
While #mozilla may have backed off from their over-broad rights grant for information posted via #firefox the underlying rationale for why the change is happening now continues to be unclear.
Many seem to think that this has to do with #california #ccpa - as I was exploring that, I took a deeper dive into Mozilla's new #privacy policy.
My takeaway?
It appears that Mozilla may have been sharing more data with Mozilla's ad partners than you expected: https://www.quippd.com/social/posts/2025/03/02/who-else-is-surprised-that-mozilla-uses-technical-and-interaction-data-for-advertising-purposes-on-the-new-tab-page.html
Mozilla CEO made around 7 million USD last year, but hosting bills are pending. Now, they updated the ToS, and you can't watch p0rn, or your data will be sold, or they no longer care about the orignal mission, etc. Once again, we see C-suits lose their grip on reality. As long as they are getting paid in millions, software projects can go to /dev/null. It is like they want to ruin the project on purpose. There is no other explanation I can think of. Can you?
For those worried about what's going on with #Mozilla's new T&C for #Firefox and seeking alternatives to Blink-based browsers (aka Chrome-in-a-trenchcoat), consider helping @WebKitGTK (a port of @webkit), used by apps throughout the FreeDesktop.
#WebKit/WebKitGTK/WPE is effectively the only other mature/production-ready web engine you can use *today*, not many know that (see also https://github.com/Fyrd/caniuse/issues/6807).
I hedge my bets by simultaneously helping QA Firefox and Epiphany (WebKitGTK) for parity.
How my Firefox became a LibreWolf
New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf
Old geeks may remember paying for #Netscape once upon a time, although it wasn't required.
If #Mozilla charged for a "clean" version of #Firefox without all the #enshittification, would you pay?
I guess part of the problem is that making and maintaining a browser engine is a pain in the ass. It's a lot of work, and the market has been captured by Google. I guess #Firefox could have been a good alternative if different decisions were made a couple of decades ago. Alas, you can take the Mozilla out of Andreessen, but you can't take the Andreessen out of Mozilla.
Best (so far) read on #Firefox ToS change.
"Users of #opensource aren’t auto granting dev rights to their work. Why is Firefox different?"
"I immediately wondered whether using Microsoft Word also needed this kind of license grant since it is processing my words."
Anything you say or do in Firefox may be used by Mozilla against you. You have the right to use a different browser. If you cannot find a browser that doesn’t fuck you over one way or another, one will not be provided for you because capitalism is working exactly as designed.
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-terms-of-use/
#Mozilla #Firefox #TermsOfUse #SiliconValley #BigTech #USA #AI
So now #FireFox steals any data you input or upload. And it's not stealing as you agree to it by using the software.
Does anyone know if Google Chrome, Edge or Safari do this as well?
I am not asking for alternatives to these four.
@mozillaofficial is speedrunning becoming the most hated software vendor.
Now they demand access to all traffic from your #Firefox. Nothing would excuse this demand, but their reasons are pathetic.
I honestly cannot tell if they are deliberately trying to destroy their reputation or if it's garden variety incompetence.
Ugh it's that time of the year again where #Mozilla does something fucked up with #Firefox and I have to seriously contemplate leaving them for #Chromium. Now they're apparently giving themselves the right to use anything I input to Firefox for essentially anything they want? That means telemetry and ad targeting. I don't know if that's better or worse than what Google does. I hate it.
(Please don't use this post as a vehicle for shilling your preferred closed source or crypto scam browser)
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