> A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector >Who is peeking over your shoulder while you work, watch videos, learn, explore, and shop on the internet? Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on the site—and who’s getting your data. You may be surprised at what you learn.
KarnaSubarna 6 days ago • 100%
What Firefox provides here:
A connector to LLM providers.
Accelerators (context menu options).
From a coding perspective, this should ideally be a very lightweight functionality.
This feature is very analogous to options to add a search engine, and also to provide accelerators via context menu.
While it can be done via third-party or Official Mozilla add-ons, but (to me) it still makes sense to have it part of the product.
KarnaSubarna 6 days ago • 100%
If you're using a VPN at the OS or browser level, just like any other traffic, your query to the LLM service will be routed via the VPN. That VPN could be any VPN of your choice - Firefox VPN, Mullvad, or Proton etc.
The only problem is that most LLMs require a profile/login to work with. In such cases, using a VPN will be useless, as the LLM server will know who you are.
KarnaSubarna 7 days ago • 100%
It's just a plain integration with 3rd-party or self-hosted LLM service.
I'm not sure if Mozilla will make money from this feature in any way.
Have you read anything about it anywhere?
KarnaSubarna 7 days ago • 100%
Arch Wiki
KarnaSubarna 1 week ago • 83%
It's just an integration with LLM services and not AI baked-in the browser code. You can even self-host any such service (Ollama) and integrate Firefox with it. That will make sure your query is not leaving your network.
KarnaSubarna 1 week ago • 100%
KarnaSubarna 1 week ago • 100%
Rustdesk controversy
The whole discussion on that pull request is extremely sketchy, IMO.
KarnaSubarna 1 week ago • 60%
KarnaSubarna 2 weeks ago • 100%
KarnaSubarna 2 weeks ago • 100%
Tuba is now added to Gnome Circle. That's a good news.
KarnaSubarna 3 weeks ago • 100%
It’s about their FakeSpot subsidiary.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/review-checker-review-quality#w_protect-your-privacy
Protect your privacy Firefox is committed to empowering you with information about review reliability while respecting your privacy. We use Oblivious HTTP (OHTTP) for Review Checker. When Review Checker is turned on, we use information about the products you visit on Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart to analyze the reviews, but by using OHTTP we ensure Mozilla cannot link you or your device to the products you have viewed. OHTTP uses encryption and a third party intermediary server to offer a technical guarantee that this is the case: all Mozilla learns from this network request is that someone, somewhere, looked at a given product.
KarnaSubarna 3 weeks ago • 100%
Also not what I said.
Source: 2022 Hey look, years ago. And your other page was 2018.
Mozilla started selling private data to advertising companies in 2023
(Assuming this is about Pocket) Is it too much to expect from you to know the difference between aggregated non-PII data vs PII data?
KarnaSubarna 3 weeks ago • 100%
Yes, like publishing a new article every day just to prove their commitment to end-users' privacy.
Incremental updates to articles, hosted literally on home page, with details of newer privacy features is so old school.
Got it. Thanks for the clarification.
KarnaSubarna 3 weeks ago • 100%
Source: 2022
Incorrect, that's actually from 2022 B.C.
And your other page was 2018
Correct, the snap of article from 2018 looks exactly identical to 2024 instance with ZERO modifications. Mozilla finally gave us on Privacy it seems, as no one bothered to update that page since 2018.
Wait a sec, they also haven't updated this article as well since 2020. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/compare/chrome/
/s
KarnaSubarna 3 weeks ago • 66%
Seems to have some severe bugs: https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft/issues
KarnaSubarna 3 weeks ago • 75%
but Mozilla itself doesn’t want to broach the topic.
Again, a reminder that Mozilla plans to continue support for the Manifest Version 2 blocking WebRequest API (this API powers, for example, uBlock Origin) while simultaneously supporting Manifest Version 3.
Years ago, Mozilla would explicitly call ad blocking a privacy feature, and proclaim it explicitly.
Ahem! https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/ > https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/adblocker/
Cooking up conspiracy theory instead of research is easy, is not it?
KarnaSubarna 3 weeks ago • 100%
... because Mozilla already clarified their position on this last year.
TL;DR
No, Mozilla is NOT ditching manifest v2.
Well what’s happening with MV2 you ask? Great question – in case you missed it, Google announced late last year their plans to resume their MV2 deprecation schedule. Firefox, however, has no plans to deprecate MV2 and will continue to support MV2 extensions for the foreseeable future. And even if we re-evaluate this decision at some point down the road, we anticipate providing a notice of at least 12 months for developers to adjust accordingly and not feel rushed.
Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/
KarnaSubarna 1 month ago • 100%
Those won't can access it from Firefox on Linux, use User-Agent Switcher add-on as a workaround.
KarnaSubarna 1 month ago • 100%
Do you really think Google will give up on their pole position because of this verdict?
>A federal judge has ruled that Google has an illegal monopoly in the US. “The market reality is that Google is the only real choice” as the default search engine, Judge Amit Mehta said in his decision, and he determined it had gotten that way unfairly. It’s a ruling that could portend big changes for the company, but we yet don’t know how big, and we might not for years. >Mehta declared on Monday that Google was liable for violating antitrust laws, vindicating the Department of Justice and a coalition of states that sued the tech giant in 2020. The next step — deciding on remedies for its illegal conduct — begins next month. Both parties must submit a proposed schedule for remedy proceedings by September 4th and then appear at a status conference on September 6th.
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
In India, the share of Linux desktop became double just within one year (from 8% to 16%). I only hope this data is right.
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-202301-202407
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 87%
Just installed it, and my initial impression -
- Thanks for dark mode :)
- UI responsiveness is good.
- Need an option to increase/decrease width of reading pane.
- Need multiple themes like Wikipedia website.
- Require smooth scrolling (I'm on 240 Hz monitor but scroll doesn't feel smooth on this app, though apparently uses GPU acceleration)
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
I was reading somewhere that Intel will publish a tool to verify that.
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
Anyone tried this beta version yet? Any idea how stable it is?
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
Thanks for the additional details.
The scariest part of this whole problem is there is no way for the owners of i13/14 CPU to figure out to what extent the CPU is damaged. It's like holding a ticking bomb without knowing when that will go off!
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 97%
Yes, but then who will dare to buy from them in future?
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
Care to share the proof that Mozilla sells user data to anyone?
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
Firefox’s stance on privacy, like Apple’s, is to some extent branding
Some of the recently introduced Privacy related features -
- Enhanced Tracking Protection
- Total Cookies protection
- Browser Fingerprint protection
- DNS Over HTTPS support
- Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) support
- Continued Manifest v2 support
- Copy URL without tracking parameter
- Protection against redirect tracking
- In-Built on-device translation
(Further options to harden Firefox via user.js or via about:config)
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
I moved to Mozilla Thunderbird long ago https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
I think you are looking for this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Alternatively, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
Whenever you have issue with Firefox, first thing that you should try is 'Troubleshoot mode' -
Firefox Menu > Help > Troubleshoot Mode
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
I think that's for Gnome App developers and not for regular users.
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 100%
Firefox Containers are for Cookies and Storage separation. Profile, on the other hand, is a COMPLETE separation in all aspects of Firefox's user data, setup , add-ons.
KarnaSubarna 2 months ago • 93%
Always use a separate Firefox profile for banking needs.
KarnaSubarna 3 months ago • 50%
Ubuntu 24.04 + Gnome 46 + Wayland + Nvidia Rtx 3070 Ti + Driver v555 + Kernel v6.9.3
- Initially noticed a minor lag when opening Application windows. Then reinstalled libnvidia-egl-wayland1 and apparently that lag is now gone. But, honestly I feel Wayland had more smoother performance with v550, than v555.
KarnaSubarna 3 months ago • 100%
>For those wanting to build a Wayland-only Linux desktop experience without carrying any aging X11 baggage, GNOME 47 will be able to optionally offer Wayland-only support without carrying X11/X.Org support. This Mutter merge request landed today that allows compiling Mutter with X11 support disabled. That landed today along with this GNOME Shell merge request for being able to disable X11 support too.
KarnaSubarna 3 months ago • 83%
Uninstall OneDrive, problem solved.
KarnaSubarna 3 months ago • 100%
Either Connect to VPN > Download the Add-on.
Or, on the GitHub or Gitlab page, provide a copy of extension and the instruction to install it locally.
>To get started with the real-time kernel for Ubuntu 24.04, check out the official documentation. ***One thing to keep in mind if you’re an NVIDIA GPU user is that the real-time Ubuntu kernel does not support the proprietary NVIDIA graphics drivers***.
>The Register has learned from those involved in the browser trade that Apple has limited the development and testing of third-party browser engines to devices physically located in the EU. That requirement adds an additional barrier to anyone planning to develop and support a browser with an alternative engine in the EU. >It effectively geofences the development team. Browser-makers whose dev teams are located in the US will only be able to work on simulators. While some testing can be done in a simulator, there's no substitute for testing on device – which means developers will have to work within Apple's prescribed geographical boundary. >... as Mozilla put it – to make it "as painful as possible for others to provide competitive alternatives to Safari."
KarnaSubarna 4 months ago • 80%
Currently I'm using ungoogled-chromium on Linux just for PWA because of this decision made by Mozilla 😔
KarnaSubarna 4 months ago • 92%
For What application you face issue? I’m curious as XWayland should provide backward compatibility.
KarnaSubarna 4 months ago • 91%
Well, since when Silicon Valley cared about environment or Global warming? It's all about $ always.
>note: ClamAV is a separate, distinct project whose development is overseen by the Talos Group, at Cisco Systems and is not affected by this decision
![](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/98ecda1f-ddc7-4cb3-82ed-4ace4e94abc5.png)
>**Enhanced Performance**: DNF5 promises faster repository metadata processing and improved package query operations, aiming to save users precious seconds during package management tasks. > **Reduced System Footprint**: By eliminating Python dependencies and merging the functionalities of DNF and MicroDNF, DNF5 offers a significantly smaller installation size, reducing metadata redundancy. > **Unified Experience**: Fedora aims to provide a consistent package management experience across all platforms, with DNF5 serving as the sole package manager for servers, workstations, and containers.
Note: Xface wiki doesn't explicitly mention version 4.20 comes with Wayland support. https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap
>Making use of Linux's Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) opens up new possibilities while users can still enjoy the VirtualBox VMM itself. The KVM support is part of the mainline kernel so there is less worries with not having to use the VirtualBox kernel driver, KVM tends to support new features quite quickly, and tends to be more actively developed than VirtualBox and is embraced by a range of organizations. Early users of this backend by Cyberus customers are said to be experiencing better performance too.
>With this Intel Thread Director Virtualization to ensure the VM can properly manage task placement between P and E cores, the feature ended up yielding around 14% better performance than the status quo. That 14% win was with the 3DMark benchmark running on a Windows VM.
Addition article: https://www.amd.com/en/processors/amd-secure-encrypted-virtualization