Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1996arrow-down19
arrow-up1987arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoCool, thanks. Interesting that it happens so quickly. I was not expecting that.
minus-squaredevfuuu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 months 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-up1·10 months 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-up1·10 months 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.