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They have already said that after the feedback they will make pocket into an addon (installed by default but easily removable like any addon).
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Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
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I agree with a lot of this, but not turning off WebRTC in general. Certainly you should turn it off (or force TURN only) if you're trying to hide your IP behind a VPN. But IPv6 already causes you to lose the same amount of privacy as exposing your IPv4 address behind a NAT, so it seems somewhat of a lost cause. I still think WebRTC enabling peer to peer connections is better than running all of your data through a th…
> But IPv6 already causes you to lose the same amount of privacy as exposing your IPv4 address behind a NAT, so it seems somewhat of a lost cause. Extremely few people have active IPv6, it seems unlikely to catch on now. In addition to that, IPv6 privacy extensions may allow a solution to this problem for many users, but if their link local IPs are also published that may lead to further trouble, depending on configu…
Are you aware IOS 9 will prefer IPV6 by default? And that many browsers already have a "Happy Eyeballs" Implementation? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Eyeballs
IPV6 isn't going anywhere: IPV4 exhaustion is a real concern and with the internet / internet of things growing, the only place to grow is really the IPV6 space. NAT only delayed the inevitable.
See here - https://ipv6.he.net/statistics/ - for current statistics on how many IPV4 addresses are left.
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
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As much as I'd like to see this, Mozilla doesn't have the necessary clout to do this when other browsers are adopting it.
The web has become an application delivery platform, like it or not. While there are arguments against forcing DRM on consumers, for video production workflows and project management, DRM is a necessity. I'm assuming you've worked with private Github repos with access control, right? Same idea.
A political necessity, certainly not a technical one. The default state of content is open, restricting it should be seen for the positive (read: affirmatively taken) action that it is.
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
#305Earlier quoted context omitted.
They have already said that after the feedback they will make pocket into an addon (installed by default but easily removable like any addon).
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> The choice is to install it by default and make users opt-out, giving the uninformed users' data to Pocket (and thus their "partners")?
Except no data is sent to Pocket unless you actually opt-in to the service by signing up. Unless you login to Pocket the plugin and all its communication code is inactive... It is fine ti not like the integration but spreading FUD is annoying
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
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It's a real pain, but they want the less sophisticated users to be able to take advantage of all the latest stuff and if Chrome or IE is shipping with it enabled, they have to compete. Well, that explains WebRTC at least. As for the other stuff... I'm a Pocket user, but I have no idea why that needed to be integrated into the browser, seems like an insane decision to me. I hope they got a good pay day out of that. Sa…
Mozilla got $0 from Pocket. Mindboggling. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9885360
Well, they kinda got money, in a different way:
Before, mozilla was implementing their own pocket competitor. Switching to pocket, and existing solution, allowed them to save money.
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
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what, re-implementing their tech on a multitude of different browsers on desktop machines that previously worked fine? I'm just pissed because IMO flash is being removed before the cross platform media objects in html5 have been implemented in full across all the browsers.
I'm just disappointed that browser makers caved to Flash-using media companies demands and added closed-source DRM to the HTML spec. Thank you for demanding such an awful misfeature, Hollywood. Our starving culture will forever be in your DMCA debt.
The alternative wasn't "no DRM", it was "video distribution is done via apps instead of a browser".
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
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Hi Mark, Do you have any interest an organizing an effort, along with Facebook's Alex Stamos and other folks, to plan a formal EOL for Flash? Of course, the steps Mozilla and others have taken help, but perhaps a more organized movement could get other thought and market leaders on board, trigger higher rates of HTML5 adoption and foster the bits of remaining innovation that are needed to fully replace Flash on the w…
They have already said that after the feedback they will make pocket into an addon (installed by default but easily removable like any addon).
To avoid inflaming the situation, I have deleted my erroneous (sibling) comment after @aroch's reply. I was not aware that Pocket sent no data without opting in.
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
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Flash also comes with McAffee (or some other bundleware). I wouldn't be surprised if the reason why they haven't made a proper auto-updater is because of that. That they'd miss out on those miniscule profits they get from that.
Yeah, I've been wondering why Adobe sticks to a "visit our website and manually download the new version" update model in this day and age. I think you found the answer. If you keep ignoring the update prompt, Flash will quietly update itself after 45 days. That's long enough for every interested party to pwn your machine.
This right here pretty much kills any sympathy I had for Adobe in this matter. They sit on their hands for far too long when vulns are announced, and when they do get updates out, they use a completely backwards and useless update model in the name of extracting a few pennies per user.
Re: Firefox makes click-to-activate Flash the default
#310Mark from Mozilla here. To be clear, by "blocked" Flash we really mean enforced click-to-activate. User choice is always a #1 priority at Mozilla. We regularly block vulnerable plugins. What made this block different was that we did it before Adobe made an update available. Now that Adobe has released an update, it is no longer true that every version of Flash Player is blocked in Firefox. However, we're glad to see…
This is great. Let's continue: remove pocket, remove hello
1) Open the menu
2) Click "Customize"
3) Drag pocket and / or hello from the tool bar into "Additional tools and features"
4) Take a breather, phew that wasn't too hard was it?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-contr...