Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
I had been wondering about if it had been added in yet. I already knew that Ice cat/A-Browser where clean (it would be somewhat worring if they where not), I'm more worried for other users that care about proprietary formats yet not in the 100% free software camp.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2014/05/14/to-serve-users.html
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
Indeed, I'm looking/waiting to see when a DRM free version will pop up. I'm already firmly in the A-browser/Ice Cat camp here but just for everyone else's sake I hope an easy solution is produced soon.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
DRM hasn't been added to Firefox yet, so Abrowser/IceCat are already DRM-free. Once Firefox adds EME (and I haven't read anything about it since the initial announcement) Abrowser/IceCat will of course be made DRM-free.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
Yeah, Mozilla goes downhill fast. But as long as firefox remains free software we have kind of a weapon against it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
Don't be too quick. We shouldn't just think about the trisquel users; people expect a piece of free software such as firefox not to have this anti-feature and it is enabled by default on a debian system I'm currently running.
[Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
It seems that Firefox has a preference on its about:config page called browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL which, according to the author of the article, is responsible for sending data about the downloaded files to Google. This can be fixed just by removing the value (by double clicking on it and deleting all the text inside) and then restarting the browser. I just checked if my Abrowser has this value set, and it does. So I just fixed it here. Just heard about this on a Diaspora post, here is the link of the post (in Brazilian Portuguese): https://diasporabr.com.br/posts/216539 And here is the link of the article (in Spanish): http://www.softzone.es/2014/07/27/evita-que-firefox-envie- informacion-de-las-descargas-google/ Best regards, ADFENO. Have a nice day. -- Assinatura automática – português brasileiro: – Blogue: http://adfeno.wordpress.com/ – Favor não enviar-me documentos do Microsoft Office ou Apple iWork. Ao invés disso, envie documentos em OpenDocument! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – Se eu não te desejar um bom dia em meus e-mails, minhas postagens, ou meus comentários; isto significa que estes foram enviados por terceiros. Automatic signature – North American English: – Blog: http://adfeno.wordpress.com/ – Please do not send me Microsoft Office or Apple iWork documents. Instead, send OpenDocument documents! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ – If I don't wish you a nice day in my emails, my posts, or my comments; this means that these were sent by third parties. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
SafeBrowsing is disabled by default, so it's not a problem.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
SafeBrowsing should be renamed to GoogleBrowsing.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Firefox (and perhaps even Abrowser) is sending data about the downloads to Google
*sign* It worries me that a group such as Mozilla appear to slowly sliding into a den of privacy and freedom issues that they appear to promote as being a strong point of the platform. First it was caving to DRM requirements and now it is this. Yes it is not active for a lot of people but functions such as these should not be considered if they really believe in the state purposes.
