It's been like this for a while. You can prefix archive.today/ in front of xitter links if you really want to open them.
X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
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Re: X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
The question is, what's going on here? Is this Firefox blocking some path/subdomain/cookie on x.com because it's used by their tracking widget, but the same is also used by some important part of the site itself, so it's essentially a false positive and Mozilla need to adjust the filter to be more specific? Or is the site detecting the ad blocker and purposely refusing to load?
Twitter loads some javascript file from edgecastcdn.net and twimg.com. The browser blocks these loads because they are from third–party domains which is a big risk. Loading a script from a third party exposes anything secret or private on the page to the third party. Of course twimg.com is _probably_ owned and operated by Twitter, but it could be anyone. They’re not even registered through the same registrar, they ha…
Of course twimg.com is _probably_ owned and operated by Twitter.
https://www.whois.com/whois/twimg.com
Looking at the registrant email confirms that it is. I've seen the twimg domain a lot as it's used for their images (pbs.twimg.com) too.
Re: X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
#163Many sites do not work with javascript disabled. This has been problem for decades. This is not any different.
That Firefox setting doesn't disable Javascript. I use it on a Firefox fork for Android and about the only noticeable difference I've seen is sites aren't given the `prefers-color-scheme` value, so dark themes can't be auto detected.
It also does a few other things, such as reporting your timezone as UTC instead of the real value. It’s an attempt to reduce the number of things that sites can use to distinguish you from other users.
Re: X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
#164Good.
Re: X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
Twitter is by far the best source of news and analysis currently. Outpaced only in some areas by niche, usually also crowd-sourced, sites like HN. A week ago twitter had pictures and videos from several angles of assasination attempt on Trump when media still reported "an incident." The difference is wild. Ditching twitter is like going back from old-school news tv to a telegraph. Anyway, I have strict tracking prote…
> when media still reported "an incident." The difference is wild. The difference is that the media goes to some lengths to make sure the footage they're showing is actually real. Every day on Twitter I see people posting alleged war footage from different conflict zones of the world, and in a non trivial, sometimes majority of cases it turns out the footage is either fake or from some unrelated conflict, or years ol…
This. Twitter is providing a deluge of unverified info. Discerning media is also getting this, like you, but they're only going to comment on "an incident" because they're expected to mostly have verified stuff first. So much of that deluge is fake war footage, fake narratives, spread by completely partisan uninformed actors. By the time you've discerned what actually happened and what was garbage, so have NYT, generally.
Re: X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
#166Hmmm guys, twitter opens on my Firefox. How can I fix it?
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#167Re: X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
The question is, what's going on here? Is this Firefox blocking some path/subdomain/cookie on x.com because it's used by their tracking widget, but the same is also used by some important part of the site itself, so it's essentially a false positive and Mozilla need to adjust the filter to be more specific? Or is the site detecting the ad blocker and purposely refusing to load?
I don't know specifically for X/Twitter, but typically it isn't actively malicious but instead just bad programming. The JS is written in a way that breaks when the fails to load.
I'm pretty sure that's a feature not a bug. Same with anti adblock tech.
Re: X.com refuses to open with Firefox strict tracking protection enabled
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ok what is tpot content then? I genuinely have no idea what they meant by that
Few links for you:
TPOT: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/tpot-postrat SCHIZO: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/schizoposting