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Why am I getting this message: with no way around it?

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to www.amazon.com. PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR

Error code: PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR

When searching from the search bar how do I make it to where YouTube doesn't come up as an option for when I'm looking for a video? How do I block YouTube from my search

Before I used Firefox for browsing the web, but now when I try to go to indeed.com to search for a job all I get is a white screen, or when I go to pluto.tv to stream TV all I get is a black screen, can you please check what's going on and fix it, so I can start using Firefox again as my default browser.

Thanks.

HEEEEEEELP!

Ugh! My old desktop pc died a few months back. I was using a chromebook until I could replace it, but didn't have access to my Firefox account. Finally got a new pc, but I can't seem to find any way to access my old info. Someone please tell me it's still here somewhere, and how to find it. I had so many important bookmarks saved, and now I'm just absolutely sick at the thought that I can't get them back. I'm not sure which version of Firefox I was running, but I do know the old computer was still on Windows 10.

Why is access to this site being blocked all of a sudden? I have been subscribing to this online newspaper for decades, and now within the last month I cannot load the page because of a security problem. Why is this happening? There is nothing wrong with the site.

This is one of the more annoying messages Firefox has recently added:

"Your browser is being managed by your organisation."

It is obviously wrong, because it is shown on a private Ubuntu 24.04 computer where I have myself installed Firefox from a tarball installation (Firefox version 142.0.1).

The about:policies page just shows: Homepage: URL "https://start.ubuntu-mate.org/"

  Locked	false
  StartPage	"homepage"

Why does Firefox give such obviously misleading information? All the other articles are not helpful at all either, some are talking about security software, some about malware.

This is an extremely user-unfriendly and confusing message: if security software is to blame, why does Firefox not tell what exactly is restricted? When malware changed something why does Firefox not tell what it changed? What even does the message actually imply, what is prevented what otherwise would work and why? What does the information shown on the about:policies page really tell me?

This is by the way shown when starting Firefox using an EMPTY directory for its profile (so making it use a brand new profile), running from a brand new installation directory extracted from a tar file. So what on earth makes it think it is "managed by my organization"?

There is no extension installed, no policies.json file in the newly created profile, nothing. It looks as if the firefox browser would just arrive with this weird setting/configuration comiled right into it?

i have been using firefox for years without issues. just now i booted up on my laptop and a reset firefox question came up so i thought oh okay why not? I LOST MY FB PAGE/400+ FRIENDS... I LOST LEVEL 700+ IN A GAME APP.... all acting like this was day one!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF???????????????? HELP!!!!!!!!!

Trying to access Lab Corp website to view recent test results. Receive this message: Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site. Why? I have accessed lab Corp website in the past with no trouble.

The downloaded file name is: part_000000(5),csv The small window that appears asks: "What should Firefox do with this file?" I clicked on "Open with Firefox", then clicked "OK", but the window just vibrates and doesn't open the file. The file contains the URL's of all the pocket saves that will be lost after October 8th.