#Firefox 148 is out, and #Mozilla introduced their previously announced #AI kill switch (that they are now calling AI Controls).

While the feature works as you might expect, Mozilla's move is less a way to give you control and more a way to shift the blame for your usage of AI to: you!

Firefox is still becoming a "modern AI browser" and Mozilla is even using AI for development now!

But you have a choice now, so Mozilla's choices are irrelevant.

More on my post: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/02/09/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-is-a-trap-how-mozilla-made-ai-your-problem.html

#Firefox 148 is out, and #Mozilla introduced their previously announced #AI kill switch (that they are now calling AI Controls).

While the feature works as you might expect, Mozilla's move is less a way to give you control and more a way to shift the blame for your usage of AI to: you!

Firefox is still becoming a "modern AI browser" and Mozilla is even using AI for development now!

But you have a choice now, so Mozilla's choices are irrelevant.

More on my post: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/02/09/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-is-a-trap-how-mozilla-made-ai-your-problem.html

Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web. @ryan argues JS-only loading, Web API glue code, and leaky abstractions keep WebAssembly niche and says the WebAssembly Component Model and WIT could enable <script> loading, direct Web API bindings, and faster DOM updates. #webassembly #firefox

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web/

Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web. @ryan argues JS-only loading, Web API glue code, and leaky abstractions keep WebAssembly niche and says the WebAssembly Component Model and WIT could enable <script> loading, direct Web API bindings, and faster DOM updates. #webassembly #firefox

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web/

@phanpy Hi, is there a way to save my #phanpy settings in #firefox?

This is sad 😢

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#diff-a24e74e4595fa85440a2f4e7e5dcfe68aba6e1e593aef05a2d35581a91423847

#firefox #privacy #mozilla #foss #opensource #web

#Mozilla released #Firefox 148 featuring the #AI "Kill Switch" that has been making the rounds.

The design of the switch is meant to absolve Mozilla of any responsibility for your use of its AI.

It is a trap.

It is meant to switch discussion from whether Mozilla should be doing AI, to whether you can *choose* to not use it.

Don't believe their lies.

This is a long post, and if you click through, I recorded a video: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/02/09/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-is-a-trap-how-mozilla-made-ai-your-problem.html

Hope you enjoy and please boost if you enjoyed it!

Finally: an AI off switch that doesn’t require a PhD in Settings. Firefox 148 adds an AI Settings section with a one-click disable, plus it patches 50+ security bugs—over half “high risk,” including 5 sandbox escapes and 8 JavaScript engine use-after-free issues. Who’s the good browser now? 😼

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/26/182239/firefox-148-lets-you-kill-all-ai-features-in-one-click

#Mozilla #Firefox #Cybersecurity

Finally: an AI off switch that doesn’t require a PhD in Settings. Firefox 148 adds an AI Settings section with a one-click disable, plus it patches 50+ security bugs—over half “high risk,” including 5 sandbox escapes and 8 JavaScript engine use-after-free issues. Who’s the good browser now? 😼

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/26/182239/firefox-148-lets-you-kill-all-ai-features-in-one-click

#Mozilla #Firefox #Cybersecurity

Good for #Firefox for finally putting in a "Please for the love of all that is holy, no AI anything ever" button into release 148.

I am *very* curious to know the stats on uptake over time.

#Mozilla released #Firefox 148 featuring the #AI "Kill Switch" that has been making the rounds.

The design of the switch is meant to absolve Mozilla of any responsibility for your use of its AI.

It is a trap.

It is meant to switch discussion from whether Mozilla should be doing AI, to whether you can *choose* to not use it.

Don't believe their lies.

This is a long post, and if you click through, I recorded a video: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/02/09/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-is-a-trap-how-mozilla-made-ai-your-problem.html

Hope you enjoy and please boost if you enjoyed it!

Good for #Firefox for finally putting in a "Please for the love of all that is holy, no AI anything ever" button into release 148.

I am *very* curious to know the stats on uptake over time.

👏 #Firefox 148 has improved support for screen readers and MathML content in PDF!
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/148.0/releasenotes/

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@ludd/116134219007930912

Just did that an hour ago. Seconds after #Firefox invited me to use it.

How to fix #firefox

Calling them "enhancements" is the most passive-aggressive pettiest move.

#Mozilla has lost their ground and is now in a free fall into a sinkhole. I doubt they'll ever get out if this again unless they do a 180-turn within the coming days. Mozilla has lost a lot of trust and credibility over the last couple of years. This accelerates that distrust even more.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/update-on-terms-of-use/

It looks promising, until you hit the last paragraph (my highlight)

In order to make Firefox commercially viable, there are a number of places where we collect and share some data with our partners, including our optional ads on New Tab and providing sponsored suggestions in the search bar. We set all of this out in our privacy notice. Whenever we share data with our partners, we put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share is stripped of potentially identifying information, or shared only in the aggregate, or is put through our privacy preserving technologies (like OHTTP).

In my book, that's indirectly selling data.

Goodbye, #Firefox.

#privacy #ads #foss #opensource #web