Firefox 115.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
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  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Certain Firefox users may come across a message in the extensions panel indicating that their add-ons are not allowed on the site currently open. We have introduced a new back-end feature to only allow some extensions monitored by Mozilla to run on specific websites for various reasons, including security concerns.

    What is this bullshit? Feel like this will lead to adblocks being blocked for certain websites under the guise of “security”, aka: we don’t have to justify shit to you.

    • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      “Security concerns” is such a bullshit reason. If an add on is such a security concern, why host it in the first place?

      I’m disappointed Mozilla is going down this path, but not surprised.

      • NRoach44@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So allowing any random, possibly compromised, possibly installed by malware, add-on to run during the Firefox account login pages (see the list of URLs in this thread) isn’t a security concern to you?

        • Contend6248@feddit.deEnglish
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          1 year ago

          The alternative would be to give addons so little permission that the damage wouldn’t matter. Effectively break the whole system, i’m fine with the ignore list.

      • PaulDevonUK@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        1st thing to do on every release from now on.

        This is a step too far for me. My device, my choice of browser and I am adult enough to make my own decisions.

        • maiskanzler@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          Oh come on, it’s still a free and open source browser. As seen in the other comments, it’s a badly worded security feature for firefox internal pages and mozilla pages.

          It’s not going to kill adblock, it won’t send your data everywhere and it can be disabled through an option as well as by simply building firefox yourself.

          Everybody should stop being so negative towards open source developers.

  • cetra3@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    On Linux, middle clicks on the new tab button will now open the xclipboard contents in the new tab. If the xclipboard content is a URL then that URL is opened, any other text is opened with your default search provider.

    Mega useful!