Security Issue ? : Cookie being created and deleted from AMAZON AWS for every tab closed / opened
I have been using the latest version of Firefox with the standard add-ons viz Ublock Origin, Adblock Plus, NoScript and so on. I can put up the exact list if required bu… (read more)
I have been using the latest version of Firefox with the standard add-ons viz Ublock Origin, Adblock Plus, NoScript and so on. I can put up the exact list if required but every time i close a tab a cookie from ec2-35-169-248-108.compute-1.amazonaws.com get deleted even though there is nothing related to that host name anywhere installed on my computer specially in firefox or its addons.
and being a privacy conscious individual i had already disabled all third party cookies and other enabled all other privacy settings.
Is someone building a profile of each website and webpage that i visit ? how do i resolve this problem ?
Please find images of the specific hosts' cookies being auto deleted by in the right hand button corner highlighted in Red color by "Cookie AutoDelete" which is one of the security addon downloaded from https://addons.mozilla.org
Firefox
how to make each tab a different color
I used to have an extension or theme that would display each open tab in a different pastel color. It quit working some time ago. Also, how can I make all the tab texts b… (read more)
I used to have an extension or theme that would display each open tab in a different pastel color. It quit working some time ago. Also, how can I make all the tab texts bold and/or larger?
Preventing push notifications from auto disappearing in 4 seconds, win7 FF68.0.1 (64-bit)
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Preventing push notifications from auto disappearing in 4 seconds, win7 FF68.0.1 (64-bit) When notifications show up, they auto disappear in like 4 seconds, basically useless if your not staring at your screen constantly. I even reinstalled and updated to the latest FF version from the esr version just to get notifications working, now realize they aren't of much use if they auto disappear before i can read them ! ?
How To Nullify Xul.dll and Prevent Browser Overides by This File?
[ Windows 7, x64 - Firefox Quantum 69.0b14 ] I have been trying to make a permanent modification of prefs.js, specifically changing browser.launcherprocess.enabled to fal… (read more)
[ Windows 7, x64 - Firefox Quantum 69.0b14 ]
I have been trying to make a permanent modification of prefs.js, specifically changing browser.launcherprocess.enabled to false because it is incredibly annoying not being able to drag bookmarks to a folder (whatever the security implications of such), but I cannot make the change stick because it is overidden by xul.dll whenever I restart my machine.
I had hoped to re-code xul.dll, but this does not appeart to be possible, as it seems that xul.dll is proprietary; so I am wondering if anyone can suggest something (other than using a browser which does force options on you whether you like it or not) or if there is a legacy version of xul.dll (and associated signature file) that can be used instead?
Can't access important features of most websites in firefox or chrome.
I can't access many important features of websites in firefox, firefox private window, or Chrome. The only thing that loads properly is Chrome incognito. I think this has… (read more)
I can't access many important features of websites in firefox, firefox private window, or Chrome. The only thing that loads properly is Chrome incognito. I think this has to do with security settings, but what I see doesn't match any of the articles on the support website. I don't even know what to turn off to load these sites properly. For example, I can't see the videos on tasty.co except for the homepage. Please help me manage my privacy settings.
Turn off update notice
"go to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox and open the update-settings.ini* with Notepad++. Remove the part after the = symbol (firefox-mozilla-release) and save it" I've d… (read more)
"go to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox and open the update-settings.ini* with Notepad++. Remove the part after the = symbol (firefox-mozilla-release) and save it" I've done this in 68.0.1 and it doesn't stop the notices from popping up, at least once a day. Anyone found a solution that works?
Updated via PortableApps to ver 68 and all of sudden Now have an enterprise policy applied. How-to can I disable the policy for My Personal FireFox ? ?
I usually use and update my PortableApps version of FireFox, that runs from my Thumb/Flash drive, at the Public Library network's workstation due to my use of their facil… (read more)
I usually use and update my PortableApps version of FireFox, that runs from my Thumb/Flash drive, at the Public Library network's workstation due to my use of their facilities for research. The Library uses this same version of FireFox on each of their workstation, too. About three weeks ago, PortableApps indicated that FireFox had an Update to version 68 ready for my copy of FireFox to use. I accepted to update My Personal copy of FireFox to this version while using the Library's workstation running Windows 7. Now when I startup my personal copy of FFox from my PortableApps Flash drive, I immediately noticed that INSTEAD of showing the Home page that I had chosen many years ago and was still using, it had changed to the Library's selected Starting Webpage, as if I was starting FFox or Chrome from THEIR installed software ON this workstation (please see -- the attachment showing the Grayed-out selection about the Home Page). I have contacted PortableApps via IRC and they confirmed that they do not effect the installation of FFox other than install upon the logically identified drive as the target device. They felt that there was some background process running and this process might have applied an Enterprise Policy file to this installation process. They then suggested contacting Mozilla's support. I would like to properly address this change and also see what other preferences may have been affected. I have posted this Question due to having been hurt by using a Generic solution (in the Past) described for a similar but not the same issue (i.e. How to Disable the Enterprise Roots Preference). Reading a bit further, there seems to be two methods of accomplishing this type of control (MS's - Group Policy -or- a policy.json file). In the meantime, I thought that I would seek Mozilla's Support more specific advise and help. I find this VERY annoying considering, I am using my personal version of software and they Only recently ( after using their network for years ) affected my copy without ANY notice posted on their network of this type of change for my consideration. My benefit to the use of a my personal copy is to be able to save found sites to My - Bookmarks/Favorites. Otherwise I would not have this ability, but with notices, I would have found either other public networks or methods to have this functionality years ago.
I hope that someone may have a better process of figuring out how and what to do to in these types of situations. Also what would be the best way to protect an otherwise operating Browser - Say backing up, What ! ? Prior to making changes ? Thanks ahead of time !
Why is the Washington Post detecting private mode?
I've been using Firefox in private mode when reading articles from the NY TImes and Washington Post for years. Both sites recently started detecting private mode and bloc… (read more)
I've been using Firefox in private mode when reading articles from the NY TImes and Washington Post for years. Both sites recently started detecting private mode and blocking access unless I turn private mode off (which is a nuisance when reading emails etc). Someone else posted this problem re: NY Times. I just updated to FIrefox 68.0.2 and the problem still exists. Can this be fixed?
Why Firefox not displaying all the image srcset attribute source?
I'm playing with the image responsive HTML tag (srcset and sizes attribute) and noticed that when on Firefox, it only displayed one source in SRCSET attribute but when in… (read more)
I'm playing with the image responsive HTML tag (srcset and sizes attribute) and noticed that when on Firefox, it only displayed one source in SRCSET attribute but when in Google Chrome browser, all the image source is displayed on SRCSET. Why is that? is this some bug on Firefox? I'm using the latest version of Firefox 68.0.1 (64-bit).
Right-click icon on Taskbar - I delete 'Frequent' list items, but they re-appear minutes later. What to do?
For the Taskbar FF icon, I manually delete the Frequent list, one by one. Minutes later they reappear, not immediately, but soon after. Or I use CCleaner to clean those… (read more)
For the Taskbar FF icon, I manually delete the Frequent list, one by one. Minutes later they reappear, not immediately, but soon after. Or I use CCleaner to clean those out, but again they reappear soon after.