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Error message when updating Firefox

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nexgenn
nexgenn

I downloaded the latest Firefox to my Linux and got this error message: W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file ......etc. There's more, but can you tell me what happened and if I need to worry? I haven't had any trouble using Firefox since the update. I've attached a screen shot of the whole message.

I appreciate any help.

I downloaded the latest Firefox to my Linux and got this error message: W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file ......etc. There's more, but can you tell me what happened and if I need to worry? I haven't had any trouble using Firefox since the update. I've attached a screen shot of the whole message. I appreciate any help.
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That's an OS error message and not from the browser. I found this... https://askubuntu.com/questions/908800/what-does-this-apt-error-message-download-is-performed-unsandboxed-as-root

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can try Firefox from the official Mozilla server if you currently use a version from the repositories of your Linux distribution to see if it behaves differently.

nexgenn
nexgenn Question owner

Can you tell me what the error message means?

jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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That's an OS error message and not from the browser. I found this... https://askubuntu.com/questions/908800/what-does-this-apt-error-message-download-is-performed-unsandboxed-as-root

nexgenn
nexgenn Question owner

jonzn4SUSE said
That's an OS error message and not from the browser. I found this... https://askubuntu.com/questions/908800/what-does-this-apt-error-message-download-is-performed-unsandboxed-as-root

jonzn4SUSE Thank you, exactly the info I was looking for.