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Shitty analogy. Cars provided demonstrable benefits to users. Telemetry does not.
I have worked on products and have made changes based on data I got on how users were using them. Telemetry doesn't replace user feedback or interviews, but it really does help.
Websockets? Really? Even if they are an ugly hack on top of HTTP, they are too damn useful to be disabled. Let's disable Javascript too while we are at it.
>Let's disable Javascript too while we are at it. ...as if much of HN's userbase doesn't already do that.
Tip for Android users: Fennec F-droid. Firefox wants to be (a less evil) Chrome, which is great for the 90% but that leaves the rest of us scrambling. No I don't need my browser to support DRM in order to watch Netflix ffs... https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/
This gist misleads in a few ways by being so vague and seems to be more about disabling every somewhat useful feature that sounds bad for tinfoil hat enthusiasts. Still has useful things, like disabling Pocket if you don’t want it and forcing newer TLS versions. Others are silly (disabling things that already ask for your permission, like location), dangerous (disabling Google Safe Browsing), or already exposed in th…
"How to get rid of FireFox features you don't need", or something like that.
Security is an important issue, but as someone who thinks WebRTC is the only missing piece of the puzzle that could help bring true decentralization to the Web, I think bashing on WebRTC just because of its security issue is short sighted. (Not to mention a couple other features mentioned on there)
But if you're so paranoid about security that you're going to disable WebSockets, I think web browser is not the only thing you need to worry about. There are ton more attack vectors and hackers can hack in no matter how you get rid of these "FireFox bullshit" to increase security. After all, most hacking nowadays is based on social engineering.
One thing I agree though is "Pocket Integration" IS a bullshit.
I wrote something similar a while back, and it’s in a similar state of not-updated-ness http://fixfirefox.com
> Your connection is not secure > > SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE (expired October 31, 2017) Doesn't make me want to listen to any website claiming to "fix firefox" when they can't even bother to keep their SSL certs up to date.
Should this information become inaccessible because certs weren't paid for?
"These are used by Mozilla to spy on you, and are as such a significant risk to privacy." Wow that's a big claim. Any proofs that the data collected is not anonymous? It sounds a lot like fear-mongering
This gist misleads in a few ways by being so vague and seems to be more about disabling every somewhat useful feature that sounds bad for tinfoil hat enthusiasts. Still has useful things, like disabling Pocket if you don’t want it and forcing newer TLS versions. Others are silly (disabling things that already ask for your permission, like location), dangerous (disabling Google Safe Browsing), or already exposed in th…
To be fair, a core argument in favor of Firefox is essentially fear-mongering about google and your personal data. It always struck me as odd that actions many people would call "shady" if google does it are condoned in FF because Mozilla.