Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-29 Thread Ben Koenig
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 5:20 PM King Beowulf wrote: > On 4/24/21 6:57 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > In this case, it means that Firefox now requires "Sync" > > and "Lockwise". Passwords stored (allegedly encrypted) > > on Mozilla servers. > > Ah. no. Mozilla may have added dubious features, but

Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-28 Thread Tom
Keith, Try my browser. It's the only browser that exists that makes absolutely zero unsolicited requests, telemetry, or other spyware functionality, is compatible with XUL/XPCOM technology and doesn't have a trendy UI. Clone the repository https://git.nuegia.net/webbrowser.git and then follow

Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-28 Thread King Beowulf
On 4/24/21 6:57 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > In this case, it means that Firefox now requires "Sync" > and "Lockwise". Passwords stored (allegedly encrypted) > on Mozilla servers. Ah. no. Mozilla may have added dubious features, but blame your distro package managers (if on a binary distro) or

Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-25 Thread james
The day Firefox defaulted to sending all of my DNS queries to cloudflare out of the box, I was out. Like you mention, I understood that I too can look at the code and even turn the feature off, but I'm not a fan of the mentality behind that kind of blatant breach of privacy as a default. I

Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-24 Thread Russell Senior
> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom writes: Keith> Best Mozilla alternatives? In order to enable some misbehaving Keith> web videos, I made the foolish mistake of updating firefox on my Keith> desktop machine yesterday. Silly me, "update" in Firefox-eze Keith> means "submit to Mozilla arrogance,

[PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

2021-04-24 Thread Keith Lofstrom
Best Mozilla alternatives? In order to enable some misbehaving web videos, I made the foolish mistake of updating firefox on my desktop machine yesterday. Silly me, "update" in Firefox-eze means "submit to Mozilla arrogance, delete older data." In this case, it means that Firefox now requires