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Vincent

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  • Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data

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  • I was thinking "woah, time doesn't pass that fast", but this time, it actually doesn't. Snowden's whistleblowing was in 2013, so 13 years ago.

  • The anti-minimalist backlash is the bigger story behind Oxygen’s revival

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  • It's nice to be able to know that they take effect immediately though, instead of needing to click a submit button.

  • Sign the EU Citizen Initiative for a blue EU passport

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  • It's a trap! After you've signed this, every other petition you will encounter will make you wonder why you signed this one, but wouldn't sign that one. You'll be signing petitions for the rest of your life!

  • Firefox browser has started shipping Brave's adblock-rust engine

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  • Oh yeah I wasn't trying to say this wasn't interesting, just trying to make sure people didn't get the wrong idea of what it meant.

  • Firefox browser has started shipping Brave's adblock-rust engine

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  • Right, so for the vast majority of users, their Firefox instances won't actually be running this, correct?

  • Firefox browser has started shipping Brave's adblock-rust engine

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  • Is this a step towards implementing Google’s same extension restrictions in FF, setting themselves up as the primary arbiter of adblock tools?

    I wouldn't expect that:

    Firefox, however, will continue supporting both blockingWebRequest and declarativeNetRequest — giving developers more flexibility and keeping powerful privacy tools available to users

    https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/firefox-manifest-v3-adblockers/

    and

    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.

    https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2024/03/13/manifest-v3-manifest-v2-march-2024-update/

    So even if that would change (which I'd be very surprised by), it wouldn't happen for another twelve months, so plenty of time for outrage then.

  • Firefox browser has started shipping Brave's adblock-rust engine

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  • Haha, I don't think anyone's talking about killing uBO, and I'm fairly sure gorhill wouldn't do that, unless he grew tired of maintaining it.

    (They could remove the APIs it uses, like Chromium did to some extent, but Mozilla has publicly committed to not doing that.)

  • Firefox browser has started shipping Brave's adblock-rust engine

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  • The mentioned bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2013888

    Titled: "add a prototype..."

    Description:

    This'll be pref-controlled and disabled by default, but will enable some fun playing around, foxfooding, and further development.

    So doesn't sound like it's "landing" in the sense that your Firefox instance will actually be running this (yet), I think? Though maybe the prototyping was successful.

  • The zero-days are numbered | The Mozilla Blog - Firefox 150 includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified during this initial evaluation [of Mythos Preview]

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  • Yeah I think that's fair. As far as I know, it's also mostly been used for detection, not patching, and possibly it'll be better at exploiting than at patching.

  • The "split view" functionality in is really nice! Read headlines from a single tab. After all the #AI rubbish, finally something good comes from #firefox development 🤗

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  • I'm on Nightly, so it might not be in release yet, but I have "Open Link in Split View" in my context menu when I right-click a link, so if it's not there yet, it's coming.

  • I still have more beef for that hack

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  • No there was actually something in there about avada kedavra being bad for the soul (or something like that), though I'm not sure if that specific bit applied just to the spell or to killing in general.

  • The zero-days are numbered | The Mozilla Blog - Firefox 150 includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified during this initial evaluation [of Mythos Preview]

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  • The zero-days are numbered | The Mozilla Blog - Firefox 150 includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified during this initial evaluation [of Mythos Preview]

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  • The author seems to put a lot of stock in the whole “the blue team has access to these AI tools that the red team doesn’t currently have access to” argument

    I didn't read it like that. I think the point was that the red team had an edge over the blue team (by being able to spend a lot of effort on a single exploit), so when both teams have access to these same tools, it'll be more of an equal fight.

  • The "split view" functionality in is really nice! Read headlines from a single tab. After all the #AI rubbish, finally something good comes from #firefox development 🤗

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  • The "split view" functionality in is really nice! Read headlines from a single tab. After all the #AI rubbish, finally something good comes from #firefox development 🤗

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  • Well, and after vertical tabs, tab groups, a free browser-wide VPN, ...

  • Looking at the free Firefox (Fastly) VPN

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  • It's related to Firefox, and Firefox VPN is a Firefox feature. It does not apply to Mozilla VPN, which links to a separate policy from its home page, which indeed does mention Mullvad.

    And no, you never consciously initiated a service agreement with Fastly, and so its policy doesn't apply. The policy of the service you choose to use applies, this doesn't have to be difficult.

  • Looking at the free Firefox (Fastly) VPN

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  • I'm not going to crawl through the notices now, but e.g. the Firefox Privacy Policy says:

    To perform the purposes listed above, we work with partners, service providers, suppliers and contractors. We have contractual protections in place, so that the entities receiving personal data are contractually obligated to handle the data in accordance with Mozilla’s instructions. Learn more.

    This includes Fastly (see also the Learn more link). That is the policy that applies, not Fastly's own policy.

  • Looking at the free Firefox (Fastly) VPN

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  • I don't think Fastly's Privacy Policy is relevant here, as you're not entering into an agreement with Fastly. The Firefox VPN FAQ states:

    We collect technical data needed to provide, maintain, and ensure the performance and stability of the service, as well as interaction data to understand usage of the feature and help guide improvements. For example, we may log whether a connection succeeded or failed, or record that 2 GB of data was used on a certain day.

    Importantly, VPN never logs the websites you visit or the content of your communications.

    Other than that, I think it's the Firefox Privacy Policy that you should be looking at.

    Also worth noting is that, when I review Privacy Policies, I distinguish between sharing data to provide the service I'm signing up for, with the only allowed use being providing that service, and sharing data for other purposes. The former is basically unavoidable for any online service, whereas the latter is often shady.

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    Straw Feminists

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  • It's making fun of people getting all worked up about their (extreme) idea of feminists. Usually, they'll also picture these straw feminists as not wearing bras, so presumably they're lurking at the training bra section to prey on young children about to get their first bra.

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    You're a real artist

    mastodon.social /@MrLovenstein/112417597725847976
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Zed editor: Linux when?

    zed.dev /blog/zed-decoded-linux-when
  • Not Just Bikes @feddit.nl
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    The cycling revolution in Paris continues: Bicycle use now exceeds car use

    english.elpais.com /lifestyle/2024-04-24/the-cycling-revolution-in-paris-continues-bicycle-use-now-exceeds-car-use.html
  • Not Just Bikes @feddit.nl
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    Intersection upgrade: a Banana and a Chips Cone

    bicycledutch.wordpress.com /2018/04/10/intersection-upgrade-a-banana-and-a-chips-cone/
  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Puzzled

    pbfcomics.com /comics/puzzled/
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    European banks are scared of the digital euro. Here's how their secret lobbying could torpedo it

    www.ftm.eu /articles/banks-fear-digital-euro-secret-lobby
  • Europe @feddit.de
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    25 years ago, Europe failed to curb the power of media moguls. It still haunts us today

    12ft.io /proxy
  • World News @kbin.social
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    Israel Supreme Court strikes down judicial reforms

    www.bbc.com /news/world-middle-east-67859177
  • JavaScript @programming.dev
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    Dual packages or supporting both CJS and ESM

    fast-check.dev /blog/2023/09/04/dual-packages-or-supporting-both-cjs-and-esm/
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
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    Firefox Adds Masking to Better Help With Email Spam and Tracking

    www.lifewire.com /firefox-built-in-email-masking-7963129
  • Gnome @discuss.tchncs.de
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    Burn-My-Windows 35 released!