Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1982arrow-down19
arrow-up1973arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoCool, thanks. Interesting that it happens so quickly. I was not expecting that.
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoIsn’t it just changing some flags, toggling some options, debranding and disable basic telemetry? I honestly don’t know, last time I checked was a long time ago.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt also provides a user interface where you can toggle those flags without searching through about:config. Functionally, it’s about the same as Firefox + arkenfox JavaScript, but it’s a heck of a lot easier for a newbie to download and install.
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGood to know, I was not aware there was a UI for those things.
Cool, thanks.
Interesting that it happens so quickly. I was not expecting that.
Isn’t it just changing some flags, toggling some options, debranding and disable basic telemetry? I honestly don’t know, last time I checked was a long time ago.
It also provides a user interface where you can toggle those flags without searching through about:config.
Functionally, it’s about the same as Firefox + arkenfox JavaScript, but it’s a heck of a lot easier for a newbie to download and install.
Good to know, I was not aware there was a UI for those things.