Comment on Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.

• Cossty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I forgot what it is called but there is an extension that syncs bookmarks between Firefox and Chromium browsers.

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• ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s Instapaper and once upon a time they even gave you an email address to send links into. Maybe they still do that.

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• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d be very tempted to install Firefox in my local appdata folders (which doesn’t require admin rights to install), then install a theme to make FF look like Edge with something like this..

  Still use real Edge browser for work stuff, but FF for less-than-work stuff.

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  • GuyDudeman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They literally have control of and log every app that’s installed and will bug you until you uninstall it.

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    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unless they’re doing app signing, some of the methods to “log every app” literally look for an executable name. Renaming “firefox.exe” to “explorer.exe” (an obviously allowed executable name) and then executing it will still run Firefox.

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      • GuyDudeman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, I don’t know how they’re doing it. They’re using some “zero trust” system. It’s beyond me.

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  • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are probably scanning for the binary file executable.

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• drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If your work doesn’t care about your productivity then give them what they deserve for the tools they provide.

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• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I generate a QR code and scan it with my phone. Don’t sync work and personal devices.

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