Re: Anyone know how this happens

From	Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Anyone know how this happens
Date	2025-11-02 23:18 +0000
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not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:
> In that case they're not being very helpful on a page specifically
> about "How to stop Firefox from making automatic connections".
>
> "How do I stop Firefox making this automatic connection?"
> "You can disable one of the features which uses the data retrieved
>  over that connection like this..."
>
> If that's really what they're saying then they're as bad as
> politicians.
>
> Now those hostnames are blocked in my /etc/hosts, along with most
> on this list:
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/domains-allow-firefox
>
> Another solution is apparantly to edit the URLs in "omni.ja". Since
> they've stopped storing all these URLs in the about:config settings
> where they were more easily edited in the past:
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Privacy#Editing_the_contents_of_omni.ja
>
> By the way, if Mozilla agree they need a page describing the long
> and complicated process (that doesn't work) of stopping Firefox
> from phoning home in countless different ways, why don't they just
> have a single setting in the browser to universally disable all
> such automatic connections? Overall it doesn't seem like they're
> acting in good faith with this.

Mistakes happen, no need to assume bad faith. You can submit a bug
report...

-- 
https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/

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Re: Anyone know how this happens Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-01 22:35 +0000
  Re: Anyone know how this happens not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-02 09:14 +1000
    Re: Anyone know how this happens Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-02 10:01 +0000
      Re: Anyone know how this happens not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-03 07:15 +1000
        Re: Anyone know how this happens Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-02 23:18 +0000
          Re: Anyone know how this happens Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-11-03 17:24 +1000

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