oooh the Copy Link without Site Tracking feature looks like it would be pretty useful
Firefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech News
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/11/21/firefox-120-ships-today-with-massive-privacy-improvements/
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rem26_art@kbin.social 11 months ago
LuckyCharmsNSoyMilk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Wish you could just set that as default.
nicetriangle@kbin.social 11 months ago
Oh damn that's sweet
sverit@feddit.de 11 months ago
You may want to check out ClearURLs addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/clearurls/
preasket@lemy.lol 11 months ago
Firefox’s been killing it recently
nicetriangle@kbin.social 11 months ago
Hopefully between Firefox's recent streak of good releases and Google majorly jumping the shark lately we'll see Chrome marketshare take a dive.
n00b001@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah!
Now hopefully they can enable HDR video playback within the next few years (bug open for 5 years at this point)
LWD@lemm.ee 11 months ago
[deleted]LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Thanks for the comprehensive write-up. It convinced me to migrate back to Firefox.
I was on Firefox (8 years ago), moved to Chrome (I liked the non-admin/transparent update feature and Websites didn’t break like they did with ff), then moved to brave (basically chrome + more privacy), and now I’ll go back the Firefox (I hope I won’t encounter too many non-FF websites)
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
If you want to non ff sites to work on ff you can just spoof tour user agent. 90% of non ff sites actually work. Some use web usb and bluetooth stuff that doesnt work on ff.
BaardFigur@lemmy.world 11 months ago
can increase the fingerprinting information for a website outside of California or Colorado.
Or you know, the entire EU/EEC which has more inhabitants than USA.
PlexSheep@feddit.de 11 months ago
I always use do not track. If they fingerprint me with that, they are explicitly disregarding it. It obviously gives moral superiority.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s a real shame industry doesn’t embrace firefox. There’s far too many things i rely on which only runs on chromium.
4am@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Change your user-agent string and what do you know they magically all work in Firefox, wow
cley_faye@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No idea how MS Teams go these days, but at some point they did do something silly that would break in Firefox, no free pass. Knowing that it doesn’t do anything fancy and that it worked before, it made us very suspicious that this was a targeted move.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Like what?
ripcord@kbin.social 11 months ago
Like what?
Norgur@kbin.social 11 months ago
Use Vivialdi then at least.
berg@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I call bullshit
Paddzr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What are you on about. You literally got ZERO clue how much chromium holds monopoly on browser drivers. Go on, try to get anything from a third party to work with HID webhooks. I don’t even use Chrome, but that’s how little you know. “Not as good”? My god, you have a lot to learn if you ever want to work in any specialised field. No, we don’t have to start somewhere. Business needs to keep running and unless industry as a whole improves, you won’t see any meaningful adoption in a professional setting.
cley_faye@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, sure, go work in any corporate environment that have to work with outsiders, or even just a slightly large structure, and just tell people “take time to readjust, and you’ll find replacements”.
I’m in a very small structure, and even getting people to ditch Outlook in favor of Thunderbird is impossible because “they can’t work with it”. I know what they do with Outlook, I know they can do it with Thunderbird, but that does not make people magically accept change. We setup a whole ecosystem of tools, self-hosted, that performs adequately and can handle everything we do. This did not stop management from getting more Teams license.
Wishful thinking is nice as long as you live in a vacuum or are omnipotent. Back in the real, non frictionless world, this takes time, careful preparation, and the slightest bump will throw all efforts out the window.
badbytes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thank you old friend. Sorry I’ve been gone for so long.
Agent641@lemmy.world 11 months ago
TFW sense of superiority knowing I started using firefox since late 2000s and never once abandoned it.
Amilo159@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Firefox needs to chill on the version numbers
4am@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Ok yeah it’s much easier to get my dad to tell me he’s on “v2.12.6.001-build7F2023n12-kb0A hotfix”
who gives a shit my dude? “Oh my god, 120? How ludicrous! There’s not even a decimal point or a hyphen! I run arch btw”
marcos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Version numbers are almost meaningless for end-user software anyway. Add 1 every time it changes is about the best you can do.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
no, I’m looking forward to firefox 420 in 2048
ViscloReader@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think it’s alright, sure it’s not conventional but you get the point after all and non techy people also get the point. bigger number = highest update
netchami@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Nvidia needs to chill on the version numbers, their graphics driver is currently at version 537 lol
Subverb@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I remember using Nvidia drivers in the 70s years ago. I also remember thinking it was crazy when they rolled over 100. 😂
BaardFigur@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Day is over. Didn’t ship that day I guess
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Is still on the ship. Will arrive shortly at your destination.
sviper@programming.dev 11 months ago
Firefox is good privacy wise, but does not have sensible default. Also there have been times when mozilla have made not so promising statements.
For true privacy enthusiasts see See LibreWolf
TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Agree, I recently checked further after seeing “sponsored” icons in my new tab page. Had to turn that off. I understand why it’s on by default, it’s just not congruent with privacy.
InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 11 months ago
I’d say thats less a matter of privacy since it doesn’t reveal anything to the “sponsors”. More like bloat? Honestly can’t find the exact for rn
xylogx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Love Librewolf, its default privacy settings are the best I have seen.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Ehat defaults arent sensible? Oh no the bar is on the bottom(its more logical on large phones and its the first and only setting you need to change to make it work like chrome). On pc its just better than chrome in any way.
dwindling7373@feddit.it 11 months ago
Or, you know, arkenfox and it’s wiki: github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
netchami@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
We need the TL;DR bot
elias_griffin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Mozilla Foundation fronts Mozilla Corporation which is for-profit and brings in nearly a Billion in revenue.
Don’t donate, do harden it.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 11 months ago
To be fair, a lot of that money comes from google that pays to have google as search engine
WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Can you share some proof/links about this? I am aware of Google paying for companies like Apple, but Mozilla?
netchami@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
waiting mozilla release its gecko webview and site isolation on mobile browser
guyrocket@kbin.social 11 months ago
I know this won't affect LibreWolf immediately but can anyone speculate as to how or when the Firefox updates would affect LibreWolf, if at all?
I switched from FF to LW recently so I'm just curious what the relationship(s) might be.
halcyondays@midwest.social 11 months ago
[deleted]guyrocket@kbin.social 11 months ago
Cool, thanks.
Interesting that it happens so quickly. I was not expecting that.
pizzawithdirt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I use LibreWolf on Debian and just got the update. It doesn’t take that much time.
superduperenigma@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Firefox release notes: we improved the privacy of our browser
Chrome release notes: fuck you and fuck your fucking adblock
LWD@lemm.ee 11 months ago
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 months ago
Clarity is needed here. The California language that sparked all this is qualified with “about FakeSpot”. Meaning it could simply be third-party services that they send their own emails through.
After reading their privacy policy, nothing jumps out at me that contradicts this.
To be clear, I’m not a fan of the extension’s collection practices, but the down votes could be because this may be unwarranted fear.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Use LibreWolf, it’s Firefox without all the garbage like telemetry, Pocket or Sponsored Sites. It makes substantial privacy and security improvements and comes with uBlock Origin pre-installed.