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infection alerts

I keep getting notifications, supposedly from Mozilla and/or Microsoft on lower right of my screen, telling me the system is infected. How do i determine if these message… (read more)

I keep getting notifications, supposedly from Mozilla and/or Microsoft on lower right of my screen, telling me the system is infected. How do i determine if these messages are valid, or a scam ? Turned computer off and back on--messages keep popping up.

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Firefox constantly sending data 3KByte/S to Cloudflare servers

I have recently discovered that Firefox is constantly sending data at around 3KBytes/S to a variety of Cloudflare servers. What is the data that is being sent and why is … (read more)

I have recently discovered that Firefox is constantly sending data at around 3KBytes/S to a variety of Cloudflare servers.

What is the data that is being sent and why is this happening?

This has started to occur in one of the last updates to Firefox.

Currently running 151.0.4 (64-bit) on Windows

Does this constitute a privacy violation, what is the data that is being sent?

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Browser being managed by my organization???

Hello, I think I may have asked about this in the past but cannot recall if I received an answer. Under Settings, I get the message "Your browser is being managed by you… (read more)

Hello, I think I may have asked about this in the past but cannot recall if I received an answer. Under Settings, I get the message "Your browser is being managed by your organization." This is my home computer and is not being managed by any organization. When I click for more information, it gives me a screen with the following information:

Policy Name Certificates

Policy Value ImportEnterpriseRoots

                         true

If I could get more information on this suspected error, or how to correct it, that would be great. Thanks!

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Location

I have accounts that will not work because they cannot access my location, My computer says all access is allowed, so is there something in Firefox that blocks my locatio… (read more)

I have accounts that will not work because they cannot access my location, My computer says all access is allowed, so is there something in Firefox that blocks my location?

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Firefox attempting to open files before download finishes

Recently when I try to download a file Firefox seems to give it a random amount of time before it attempts to open the file. For small files this isn't a problem, as it a… (read more)

Recently when I try to download a file Firefox seems to give it a random amount of time before it attempts to open the file. For small files this isn't a problem, as it always seems to give at least a few seconds, but larger files get cut off. This leaves the file corrupted/incomplete.

I have no idea why is started doing this. Just one day it started opening everything I downloaded, be it PDF, image etc when complete. I turned this off and it has stopped for things that download properly, but it's still doing this 'cut off' attempt to open.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks,

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What is Mozilla doing to actively oppose mandatory government ID-based age verification systems and to develop or champion technologies that help users remain anonymous online?

Mozilla should actively oppose mandatory ID-based age verification systems that erode privacy and instead prioritize developing and advocating for technologies that enabl… (read more)

Mozilla should actively oppose mandatory ID-based age verification systems that erode privacy and instead prioritize developing and advocating for technologies that enable users to remain anonymous online.

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"Your request cannot be processed" at facebook login

I can no longer log in to Facebook without this type of message popping up: "Your request could not be processed." These messages do not look like they come from Facebook… (read more)

I can no longer log in to Facebook without this type of message popping up: "Your request could not be processed." These messages do not look like they come from Facebook. When I "X" out of the messages, the page looks fine, but I'm not taking chances to log in with this sketchy situation. I have deleted cookies, etc. multiple times, even though I have Firefox set to delete cookies upon closing.

No problems on my other browser...except that I don't want to use that browser. I want to use Firefox with Facebook like I have for almost a decade.

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I keep getting pop up news stories

I keep getting the Virginia Pilot news stories for another area of Virginia - I have unsubscribed and turned off pop-ups and I'm still getting it every time I open Firefo… (read more)

I keep getting the Virginia Pilot news stories for another area of Virginia - I have unsubscribed and turned off pop-ups and I'm still getting it every time I open Firefox.

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Uninstalled all FireFox and rebooted

After a clean install the master password dialog box reappeared. It would be quite helpful of Mozlilla to explain how to make this go away. The alternative is to never u… (read more)

After a clean install the master password dialog box reappeared. It would be quite helpful of Mozlilla to explain how to make this go away. The alternative is to never use FF on my desktop.

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Help with with setting up integrated, connected, and secure products across all devices and all accounts

Hello, I could really use some help with with setting up integrated, connected, and secure products across all devices and all accounts. I've somehow got various products… (read more)

Hello,

I could really use some help with with setting up integrated, connected, and secure products across all devices and all accounts. I've somehow got various products and applications blocking and preventing other applications from working. I am not really sure what's going on as I am newer to these types of services. Any help is greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance.

Thanks, Josh

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how to clear my cache and cookies cant find the menu button

I am so frustrated with trying to find out how to clear cookies and cache. I googled it and it has a simple step by step process, or so it seemed. When I went to website,… (read more)

I am so frustrated with trying to find out how to clear cookies and cache. I googled it and it has a simple step by step process, or so it seemed. When I went to website, looking for the 3 vertical lines, there were none. I have looked and looked. Can someone call me to walk me through this process? thanks

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how to block access to add-on tab ?

I want to restrict access to several websites on a Linux Mint laptop. Downloaded "Block Site" add-on, works perfect! But it's quite easy to go to add-on tab and disable i… (read more)

I want to restrict access to several websites on a Linux Mint laptop. Downloaded "Block Site" add-on, works perfect!

But it's quite easy to go to add-on tab and disable it, how do I prevent this?

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