/tech/ - Technology★

>>834900

Oh i'm sure. It's just gonna be interesting to see. I may even start using it when they update, as it claims to turn off all telemetry, which was my main concern with modern Firefox to begin with.

>>834900

FF Quantum isn't "botnet".

>>834929

I know. I just get fed up with Mozilla sometimes.

>Telemetry and google shit by default. Have fun fucking around with about:config and then hoping that an update doesn't revert any of your settings

>WebExtensions. Not as big of a deal now that NoScript is ported, but still a bit of a pain in the ass

>Cliqz. This one is just plain evil. inb4 "It's only 1% of Germans, goyim!"

I just want a fucking browser, damn it.

>>834942

>dumbshit /pol/ memes

>>>/r/the_donald/

>>834943

>>/leftypol/

>>834970

>>/r/leftypol

>>834974

lol look i'm fitting in! we here at the 'chan are just bonkers for hilldawg.

>>834988

>>/r/leftypol

NOw that there is a thread about IceCat, I want to ask this... Why doesnt IceCat let me open the posting reply/threads in 8ch.net? And I cant see the threads updating at the bottom... I deactivated all the addons, yet the problem persist. How you IceCat users solve this to browse 8ch well?

>>834942

IceCat had no problem removing telemetry and google before.

The rest isn't botnet.

>>835019

>can't even crosslink properly

>>>/reddit/

>>834942

>Telemetry and google shit by default.

But that is wrong, retard.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry/FAQ

>Is Telemetry enabled by default on normal Firefox releases?

>No. Users of Firefox release builds must explicitly opt in to Telemetry.

>>835129

try using wireshark or something and do your own test.

Firefox isn't fixable. It's simply too far gone. See https://gist.github.com/haasn/69e19fc2fe0e25f3cff5 and https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/ for an idea about the amount of work required to disable all spying.

>>834929

The DRM is opt-out as i remember.

>>834942

>Telemetry

Telemetry is not enabled by default in the Release channel. Only Crash reports.

>and google shit by default

The default search engine can be easily changed and the Google strings in about:config are settings for "Safe Browsing."

Therefore, if Safe Browsing is disabled either through GUI or about:config, no connection is ever made to Google; which is why IceCat does not delete those entries from about:config since Safe Browsing isn't even available.

>Cliqz. This one is just plain evil. inb4 "It's only 1% of Germans, goyim!"

Cliqz is a german search engine owned in part by Mozilla. The code is open source and their telemetry experiment was blown over proportion.

>>835160

Show us the proofs, then.

>>835181

It's opt-in. And since EME is a sandboxed plugin in FF, disabling it means that essentially it will never run any EME code.

>>835168

Most of those lists are JavaScript/HTML5 standard features that Mozilla must include. The rest are lies and exaggeration.

It's not necessary to remove the Google strings if Safe Browsing is disabled, to disable EME the GUI toggle is enough and Pocket is literally a bookmark and no data is ever sent unless clicked.

>>835199

>Show us the proofs, then.

Tor user here so no image

Install ubuntu

apt-get install etherape

Launch firefox, you can try removing telemetry there's still packets that goes somewhere.

>>835199

>>Telemetry and google shit by default.

>But that is wrong, retard.

Anon said google shit too. Safe browsing defaults to on.

>>835234

Which uses the google cookie that was used by the NSA. You used to be able to see it in the cookie manager, but users complained about not being able to remove it, so Mozilla did the sensible thing and hid it at Google's command.

>>835200

So you can't back up your claims. Nice.

>>835234

Turn it off.

>>835240

Already fixed. Safe Browsing is done differently now and the cookie can be deleted as any other cookie.