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How important should being open source be to me? Or, more precisely, should the obnoxiousness of #mozilla management outweigh the closed source nature of vivaldi.

I've been trying #vivaldi as a replacement for #firefox, my default browser. I could easily switch to vivaldi.

BUT vivaldi is not open source.

I've read the explanation for why parts of vivaldi are not open source was not convinced.

Hard to "weigh" incommensurable concerns.

I did completely get rid of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird on my personal systems now.

Firefox :firefox: was my main browser for many years and I used it since Netscape transformed into OSS Firefox 20 years ago.

But the Mozilla foundation nowadays doesn't do a good job in maintaining the software. Bad political choices, focus on what I consider the wrong priorities and falling more and more behind on the techical details.

I moved to the Chromium based Vivaldi :vivaldi: browser on all my systems. It's snappier, faster and way more reliable. Hardware acceleration does work out of the box under Linux and E-Mail is already built-in (although, I more often use KMail by KDE for that).

I'm highly satisfied with Vivaldi after using it for the past 6 months and never looked back.

Tak jsem přešel k tomu, abych na telefonu místo #google #Chrome začal používat #firefox
No...je to trochu downgrade, ale na druhou stranu je hezké, jak to dokáže kopírovat hesla z chromu a tak nemám moc starostí s importováním.
Jakože...možná jsem raději měl přestoupit rovnou na #opera protože to je evropská značka, ale asi mi spíš šlo o ten přestup od magnáta.

- A reputable anonymizing VPN service
- Linux
- Firefox (or compatible) web browser
- HTTPS-Only Mode
- Noscript
- User-Agent Switcher

These are some easy things that will keep you safe in the age where you shouldn't trust *anything* your device connects to online.

Gerade mit #firefox 137 einen grossen Schreck gehabt: alle Bookmarks schienen weg zu sein🤔 Lapidare Meldung: Blenden sie alle Bookmarks in die Bookmarks Toolbar ein. Geht man auf "Manage bookmarks" wie als Link angezeigt, ist die Liste mit den Bookmarks leer.
Firefox beendet, mit "firefox -p" starten, Profil auswählen und alles ist wieder da.
Soll das lustig sein ?

Silent Credit Card Thief Uncovered

A sophisticated credit card skimming campaign dubbed 'RolandSkimmer' has been discovered, targeting users in Bulgaria. The attack utilizes malicious browser extensions across Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, initiated through a deceptive LNK file. The malware employs obfuscated scripts to establish persistent access, harvesting and exfiltrating sensitive financial data. The attack workflow involves system reconnaissance, downloading additional malicious files, and injecting scripts into web pages. The threat actor uses unique identifiers to track victims and employs sophisticated techniques to evade detection. The campaign demonstrates the evolving nature of web-based credit card skimming threats, highlighting the need for enhanced security measures against LNK-based attacks and unverified browser extensions.

Pulse ID: 67efc6e92fbd533808f09435
Pulse Link: otx.alienvault.com/pulse/67efc
Pulse Author: AlienVault
Created: 2025-04-04 11:47:53

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@volkerdi I'm sure you've heard about Mozilla's changes in their privacy policy for Firefox (it's old news, but still). The implications of it have prompted a few distros to remove Firefox from their repos/default installation.

What's the game plan for Slackware? Will it keep using Firefox by default, or will you be phasing it out of the package tree, or what?

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

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Ars Technica · Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panicBy Jon Brodkin