Lauren Weinstein
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Mozilla Firefox configuration settings are utterly polluted with AI crap, with no simple way to turn them all off easily. However, there are three that seem to kill most of the AI activity at the UI level, but what's going on in the background I of course can't see. By the way, Firefox is also hiding http: and https:, a terrible decision that Google tried and reversed years ago. You can disable this in Firefox about:config as well. To cripple Firefox AI:

Go to URL about:config

Set these to "false":

browser.ml.chat.enabled
extensions.ml.enabled

These stop Firefox from attempting to create link preview "key points" AI garbage from reading your page. Also:

Setting to false:

browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled

Will turn off the annoying link preview behavior entirely.

I will note that this behavior by Mozilla is actually far more invasive than what Chrome currently does.

Hey Mozilla: Take your damned AI and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

L
KevinOnEarth
@Quantillion@mstdn.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@lauren
And #LibreWolf?
I had it recommended but it regularly crashes, especially with Private Windows open.
Onno Bos :verified:
@admin@mastodon.adtension.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
@lauren

https://librewolf.net/?
#librewolf
kazé
@fabi1cazenave@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Précision : remplacer #Firefox par #ZenBrowser, ça n’est pas vraiment quitter Firefox. On passe à un fork encore plus soucieux de nos vies privées, et débarrassé des fonctionnalités que personne n’a demandées, mais ça reste un #Gecko.

Par ailleurs, on garde le compte Firefox qui permet de sauvegarder ses cookies et mots de passe. Si l’aventure Zen devait s’arrêter, ou si Mozilla recouvrait la raison, on pourrait revenir à Firefox d’un clic.

Zen, c’est juste le meilleur de Firefox.
Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني
@nizarus@mastodon.tn replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@fabi1cazenave Firefox pas encore désinstallé.
Android : #IronFox (navigateur par défaut)
PC : #LibreWolf (En cour)
VoxClamantisInDeserto
@cedesguin@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp last month

Après vingt-trois ans de services presque loyaux, je viens de larguer #Firefox. La goutte d'eau qui a mis le feu aux poudres est "browser.ml.chat.enabled" désormais sournoisement mis à "true" chez Firefox alors que je n'en veux pas.

Le successeur désigné est #LibreWolf qui n'est rien d'autre qu'un Firefox correctement configuré.

(https://librewolf.net)
Karl
@dbdemon@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp last month

How do security-aware people feel about downloading and installing web browsers from "the Internet"? For example, for FreeBSD there is Pale Moon, but there is no port/package for it. On Linux, at least some distros don't have LibreWolf. So, you have to go and download these from their respective websites. (Well, on Linux I could maybe use DistroBox if I could find a LibreWolf package in another distro.)

I'm sure bad actors could manage to hide malicious code in packages that you get via your OS/distro repos as well, but it feels a little bit more secure when someone from the OS/distro has gone through the trouble of creating and releasing a package via their own package system.

Basically, how can I trust a tool I download from the Internet with quite sensitive data?

Am I just being naive? Should I always run all web browsers inside jails or use flatpaks etc so they can't access files in my $HOME dir etc?

#security #librewolf #palemoon
Karl
@dbdemon@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp last month

How do security-aware people feel about downloading and installing web browsers from "the Internet"? For example, for FreeBSD there is Pale Moon, but there is no port/package for it. On Linux, at least some distros don't have LibreWolf. So, you have to go and download these from their respective websites. (Well, on Linux I could maybe use DistroBox if I could find a LibreWolf package in another distro.)

I'm sure bad actors could manage to hide malicious code in packages that you get via your OS/distro repos as well, but it feels a little bit more secure when someone from the OS/distro has gone through the trouble of creating and releasing a package via their own package system.

Basically, how can I trust a tool I download from the Internet with quite sensitive data?

Am I just being naive? Should I always run all web browsers inside jails or use flatpaks etc so they can't access files in my $HOME dir etc?

#security #librewolf #palemoon

Strypey
Strypey boosted
ploum
@ploum@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Librewolf is exactly what Firefox should be.

To the point where I find in #Librewolf new features I was explicitly missing in #firefox (like clicking on the lock to enable/disable cookies for a specific website)

And, yet, it works perfectly in #debian thanks to extrepo. But, seriously, it should be considered as the default Debian browser.

Congratulations to the team!

Don’t wait on Mozilla, switch to Librewolf !

https://librewolf.net/

@librewolf
ploum
@ploum@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

Librewolf is exactly what Firefox should be.

To the point where I find in #Librewolf new features I was explicitly missing in #firefox (like clicking on the lock to enable/disable cookies for a specific website)

And, yet, it works perfectly in #debian thanks to extrepo. But, seriously, it should be considered as the default Debian browser.

Congratulations to the team!

Don’t wait on Mozilla, switch to Librewolf !

https://librewolf.net/

@librewolf
David Revoy
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

How my Firefox became a LibreWolf

New blog-post: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf

#firefox #librewolf #tos #webcomic

A comic strip in four panels: Pane 1. A small, exhausted Firefox is depicted with a loud sigh, blowing out the flames on its tail and extinguishing it. Panel 2. A strong wind causes the ashes to cover the little fox. Panel 3. The little fox, now completely gray and ashen, looks on with regret and disappointment, mourning the loss of its former self. Panel 4. In the evening, under the light of a full moon, the gray fox meets a wise and welcoming wolf, who greets it with the words "Welcome here, new libre wolf!" A wolf howls at the moon in the distance, a reference to the LibreWolf logo."
A comic strip in four panels: Pane 1. A small, exhausted Firefox is depicted with a loud sigh, blowing out the flames on its tail and extinguishing it. Panel 2. A strong wind causes the ashes to cover the little fox. Panel 3. The little fox, now completely gray and ashen, looks on with regret and disappointment, mourning the loss of its former self. Panel 4. In the evening, under the light of a full moon, the gray fox meets a wise and welcoming wolf, who greets it with the words "Welcome here, new libre wolf!" A wolf howls at the moon in the distance, a reference to the LibreWolf logo."
A comic strip in four panels: Pane 1. A small, exhausted Firefox is depicted with a loud sigh, blowing out the flames on its tail and extinguishing it. Panel 2. A strong wind causes the ashes to cover the little fox. Panel 3. The little fox, now completely gray and ashen, looks on with regret and disappointment, mourning the loss of its former self. Panel 4. In the evening, under the light of a full moon, the gray fox meets a wise and welcoming wolf, who greets it with the words "Welcome here, new libre wolf!" A wolf howls at the moon in the distance, a reference to the LibreWolf logo."