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Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by t0astbread » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

earlINmeyerkeg wrote: post #19

Use noscript. It's possibly one of the best add-ons out there now.

Or uMatrix (which I prefer in terms of UI but should be equal feature-wise)

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by throwno » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:08 PM UTC

theferalrobot wrote: post #11

I'm amazed this is allowed on hacker news. Anytime I've said anything remotely critical of Firefox it has been flagged and removed from here.

So true. I saw this vulnerability was posted a day ago, and immediately flagged.

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by andrei_says_ » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:12 PM UTC

A warning and a fix within two days of releasing the affected version. I appreciate this team’s transparency and priorities.

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by gruez » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

earlINmeyerkeg wrote: post #19

Use noscript. It's possibly one of the best add-ons out there now.

Unfortunately there are too many sites that refuse to work without javascript, so any security benefits is negligible because it's very easy to be social engineered into enabling javascript.

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by throwno » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

Firefox is creepy AF. I was just listening to "Diamond Ned Flanders" by MadeinTYO on Apple Music, and when I open Firefox the "suggested article" on the front page is about Ned Flanders. That's some Facebook type shit right there. Uninstalled.

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by eeZah7Ux » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:15 PM UTC

earlINmeyerkeg wrote: post #19

Use noscript. It's possibly one of the best add-ons out there now.

...but it's not enough.

With some effort javascript from known sites could be fingerprinted and vetted.

An unexpected change could trigger a warning and blocking.

But with WASM we are really in trouble.

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by blackearl » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:15 PM UTC

Is this any different from the bug that was patched in 72.0.1 already?

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by neonIcon » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:16 PM UTC

throwno wrote: post #25

Firefox is creepy AF. I was just listening to "Diamond Ned Flanders" by MadeinTYO on Apple Music, and when I open Firefox the "suggested article" on the front page is about Ned Flanders. That's some Facebook type shit right there. Uninstalled.

If it makes you feel any better, I've the same article on mine with no previous Flanders activity.

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by lovich » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:17 PM UTC

neonIcon wrote: post #28

throwno wrote: post #25

Firefox is creepy AF. I was just listening to "Diamond Ned Flanders" by MadeinTYO on Apple Music, and when I open Firefox the "suggested article" on the front page is about Ned Flanders. That's some Facebook type shit right there. Uninstalled.

If it makes you feel any better, I've the same article on mine with no previous Flanders activity.

The rolling stone article? I also had it

Re: Mozilla says a new Firefox security bug is under active attack

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Post by empath75 » Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 5:20 PM UTC

neonIcon wrote: post #28

throwno wrote: post #25

Firefox is creepy AF. I was just listening to "Diamond Ned Flanders" by MadeinTYO on Apple Music, and when I open Firefox the "suggested article" on the front page is about Ned Flanders. That's some Facebook type shit right there. Uninstalled.

If it makes you feel any better, I've the same article on mine with no previous Flanders activity.

Yeah but they knew you were going to read this comment obviously.