The updated Add-on Policy aims to rid Firefox of third-party malicious code that hides what it’s really up to.
Tag Archives: Firefox
Mozilla bug throws Tor Browser users into chaos
A Mozilla bug has made everyone’s Firefox addons ‘untrustworthy’ – including turning off the important NoScript security feature in Tor.
Microsoft’s Edge browser reborn after Chromium makeover
After three years of embarrassing rejection, might Microsoft’s newly-Chromed Edge browser be on the up?
Chrome, Safari and Opera criticised for removing privacy setting
Forthcoming versions of the Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera are in the process of removing the ability to disable a long-ignored tracking feature called hyperlink auditing pings.
Firefox draws battle lines against push notification spam
Mozilla doesn’t yet know how to solve the problem of website push notification spam in the Firefox browser, but it’s working on it.
Firefox brings Lockbox password manager to Android’s autofill
All your saved Firefox passwords, now happily inserting themselves into your Android-verse!
Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor
Letterboxing comes straight from the Tor browser, and will help Firefox users avoid advertisers that follow them around the web.
Flash “security bypass” list hidden in Microsoft Edge browser
Until this month, the Edge browser could bypass its own warnings about Flash content on 58 websites, thanks to a hidden list.
Opera integrates a cryptocurrency wallet – is this Web 3.0?
When it appears in the next few weeks, the next version of Opera (“Reborn 3” or “R3”) for Windows, Mac and Linux will become the first mainstream desktop browser to integrate a cryptocurrency wallet.
Firefox 66 will silence autoplaying web audio
From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default.