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Ex-topman Mozilla: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years

Ex-topman Mozilla: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years

A former Mozilla CEO, the organization behind the Firefox browser, accuses Google of deliberately and systematically sabotaging Firefox to increase Chrome's adoption. That's what ZDNet writes. When I joined Mozilla in 2007, there was no Google Chrome and most of the people we talked to within [Goog... Read more

date5 years ago
Mozilla brings free password manager Firefox Lockbox to Android

Mozilla brings free password manager Firefox Lockbox to Android

Mozilla has made its free password manager for Firefox browser users available on Android. Firefox Lockbox provides a way to retrieve passwords stored in the Firefox browser on their mobile devices. According to TechCrunch, the app is not as developed as those of competitors like 1Password, Dashlane... Read more

date5 years ago
Firefox Send lets you share encrypted files of 2.5 gigabytes

Firefox Send lets you share encrypted files of 2.5 gigabytes

Firefox Send, the free encrypted file transfer service, was officially launched today. In August 2017 Mozilla started the free service, but at that time it was still an experimental version. However, as of today, the service that encrypts files is available to everyone. Mozilla started its Firefox S... Read more

date5 years ago
Mozilla is going to use machine learning to find code errors

Mozilla is going to use machine learning to find code errors

Mozilla will use Clever-Commit, a programming assistant based on machine learning that it developed with game developer Ubisoft. Clever-Commit should significantly reduce the number of programming errors made in the Firefox browser, says Ars Technica. Clever-Commit analyzes code changes as developer... Read more

date5 years ago
Firefox arm itself against Spectre attacks with Project Fission

Firefox arm itself against Spectre attacks with Project Fission

With the launch of Project Fission, Mozilla hopes to make its Firefox browser resistant to future side-channel attacks once and for all. We first met that last year in the form of Spectre and Meltdown. Early last year, Spectre and Meltdown introduced a new category of side-channel attacks that explo... Read more

date5 years ago
Firefox 66 blocks automatic audio by default

Firefox 66 blocks automatic audio by default

The next major release of Mozilla's Firefox browser will bring several new features. As of Firefox 66 Firefox will by default block the audio of websites, if they start playing without the user having pressed a button beforehand. The ban on autoplay of audio applies to both HTML5 audio and video ele... Read more

date5 years ago
Firefox 66 alerts users to MitM attacks

Firefox 66 alerts users to MitM attacks

Mozilla adds a new security feature to Firefox. If the browser detects a third-party app that performs Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, it warns the user accordingly. The new feature will probably be available from Firefox 66 and is scheduled for release in the course of March. The MitM function is... Read more

date5 years ago
Mozilla Firefox will soon be blocking even more tracking methods

Mozilla Firefox will soon be blocking even more tracking methods

Mozilla has announced a series of measures to address the harmful effects of adtracking. To this end, the company today announced its new Firefox Web Browser Privacy Policy. It also contains a lot of information about the new tracking policy of the browser. This is a Wiki document in which the compa... Read more

date5 years ago
Firefox removes misleading button in screenshot functionality

Firefox removes misleading button in screenshot functionality

After several months of complaints, Mozilla finally binds in. It removes a misleadingly dark pattern from the Firefox feature that allows users to take screenshots of pages. The problem lies in the Save button that appears when Firefox users take a screenshot. The user can use the Save button to sav... Read more

date5 years ago
Mozilla: Flash disabled by default from Firefox 69

Mozilla: Flash disabled by default from Firefox 69

The moment that no browser supports the Adobe Flash plug-in is fast approaching. Mozilla also stops supporting it and will do so this year with the release of Firefox 69. Firefox 69 is Mozilla's third and final step in discontinuing Flash support. It has to be, because the very buggy plug-in will no... Read more

date5 years ago
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