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Aral Balkan

Stop legitimising Mozilla.

They’re sucking all the oxygen out of the room.

“We’re just another Silicon Valley tech company.” – their then head of public policy to me

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou

(Or in this case the second, third, fourth… what are we on? I’ve lost count.)

eupolicy.social/@ilumium/11430

EUpolicy.social - A Mastodon server for the EU bubbleJan Penfrat (@ilumium@eupolicy.social)At a #Mozilla event in #Brussels this morning about "#privacy-first online #advertising". I am _very_ curious where this weirdest of things Mozilla does is going. 🤔 Speakers: Petra Wikström, policy person at #Schibsted, @rvaneijk@mastodon.nl, @eff@mastodon.social's Svea Windwehr and Mozilla's own Martin Thompson. #onlineads #SurveillanceAdvertising #TrackingFreeAds #gdpr #dataprotection
Apr 09, 2025, 07:15 AM·Public·Mona for iPhone
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Asta [AMP]

@aral@mastodon.ar.al "privacy-first" advertising, as in "we will never tell you the identity of the people we're selling your data to.

man this shit can get fuuuuuucked.

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Timothy Wolodzko

@aral I guess, everyone now is aware that Mozilla is not what it used to be, but Firefox is still the best alternative to everything else. Yes, there are some niche alternatives and forks, but if you want a secure browser that works, your options are pretty limited. Saying this makes me sad.

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Michael Adeyeye Oshin
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
Please tell us more about the need to stop legitimising Mozilla.

And you are likely referring to Steve. @stevesong@mastodon.cloud
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Michael Adeyeye Oshin

uBlock Origin is now turned off in FF. In addition, Mozilla embedded some trackers into FF. I can go on and on.

For enhanced security and privacy, one can use AnkerfoxUser.js @ https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js with FF .

FF comes next after Ironfox(mobile)/Librewolf (desktop); it's still reusable and reliable.

I like the Kitten project; more power to your elbow @aral.

CC: @aral@mastodon.ar.al @stevesong@mastodon.cloud
GitHubGitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardeningFirefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening - arkenfox/user.js
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chocobo13ζ

@maoshin
I can't find any info about uBO being broken on FF, not even on their issue tracker.
@aral @stevesong

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Michael Adeyeye Oshin
When Ff notified me of disabling it and advised that I remove it, I first updated the Ff version. Lo and behold, there was no change. Extensions are automatically updated with a browser restart. I wouldn't bother so much that it was disabled.

Hopefully, I will see the notice again and screenshot it.

CC: @aral@mastodon.ar.al @stevesong@mastodon.cloud
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Michael Adeyeye Oshin
It is Chrome, not Firefox. My apologies. I did not bother with what browser despite updating it), knowing that there is a DNS-level guard.

CC: @chocobo13@mastodon.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @stevesong@mastodon.cloud
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chocobo13ζ

@maoshin
I still miss how much more informed I was with uMatrix around. The lead dev is working as part of the uBO team, which still helps me block ads, but now I don't see even half of the extent to which stuff is blocked and where...
@aral @stevesong

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