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In today’s digital age, privacy and security have become more important than ever. With increasing concerns about data breaches, online tracking, and surveillance, it’s crucial to choose tools and platforms that prioritize your safety. Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser, has long been a champion of user privacy and security. Here’s why Mozilla stands out in the crowded tech landscape and how it helps you stay protected online.

1. A Commitment to Privacy Mozilla’s mission is rooted in the belief that the internet should be a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Unlike many tech giants that profit from collecting and monetizing user data, Mozilla operates as a non-profit organization. This means their focus is on serving users, not advertisers.

Firefox Browser: Firefox is designed with privacy in mind. Features like Enhanced Tracking Protection block third-party cookies and trackers by default, preventing companies from following your online activity.

Strict Anti-Tracking Policies: Mozilla actively works to limit cross-site tracking, ensuring your browsing habits remain private.

2. Transparency You Can Trust Mozilla is transparent about how they handle your data. Their privacy policy is clear and easy to understand, and they regularly publish transparency reports detailing government requests for user data. Unlike many other companies, Mozilla doesn’t sell your data to advertisers or third parties.

3. Cutting-Edge Security Features Mozilla doesn’t just focus on privacy—it also prioritizes security to keep you safe from online threats.

Firefox Monitor: This free tool lets you check if your email or passwords have been compromised in a data breach, helping you take proactive steps to secure your accounts.

Password Manager: Firefox’s built-in password manager securely stores and generates strong passwords, reducing the risk of hacking.

HTTPS-Only Mode: This feature ensures your connection to websites is encrypted, protecting your data from interception.

4. Fighting for a Better Internet Mozilla isn’t just about building great products—it’s also a vocal advocate for digital rights. The organization campaigns for stronger privacy laws, fights against mass surveillance, and supports open-source initiatives. By using Mozilla products, you’re supporting a movement that champions a free and open internet for everyone.

5. Open-Source and Community-Driven Mozilla’s open-source model means anyone can review, contribute to, or audit their code. This transparency builds trust and ensures that the software is free from hidden vulnerabilities or malicious intent. It’s a collaborative effort to create a safer internet for all.

How You Can Take Control of Your Privacy Here are a few steps you can take to enhance your online privacy and security with Mozilla:

Switch to Firefox: Ditch browsers that prioritize profit over privacy and make Firefox your default browser.

Enable Enhanced Tracking Protection: Go to Firefox settings and ensure tracking protection is turned on.

Use Firefox Focus: For mobile browsing, try Firefox Focus, a lightweight browser that automatically blocks trackers and erases your browsing history.

Stay Informed: Follow Mozilla’s blog form mozilla site and campaigns to stay updated on privacy issues and how to protect yourself.

We are experiencing a certificate error. Under linux I get a message at the top of my screen telling me of the error and asking me if I want to override. That message does not show up under windows 11. Because the message does not show up we can not override. The problem is temporary but I need to get to the server as soon as possible. Please help.

Dave

Dear Team,

When my Client device installs From Firefox 102.7.0 ESR to Firefox 128.7.0 from SCCM. (The case is First install the Version 102.7.0 then save the Bookmarks and then uninstall. Second Install the 128.7.0 then check the bookmarks)

user profile Bookmarks are not mapped in Firefox. When I check C:\Users\Tests\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles I can see the xxxx.defaultesr

I don't understand why the bookmarks are not linked in Firefox. Can you please help? I would be thankful to you if you could share me the .bat script

Thank you

Hi! I'm having trouble with Firefox while shopping on Scottish Kilt Co., a store for custom kilts and Scottish accessories. The website is slow to load, and some images aren’t displaying properly. Is there something in my browser settings I need to adjust for a smoother shopping experience?

I’ve already cleared my cache and updated Firefox, but the problem persists. Any tips on improving performance or troubleshooting would be appreciated!

Thanks!

When receiving signed but not encrypted messages, thunderbird complains with "invalid digital signature" and "technical error deteced". Unpacking the message and checking with gpg manualy verifies the signature correctly. Messages encrypted and signed are verified correctly. When looking at the logs in the console, I can see:

openpgp: Parsed contentTypeLine: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------95ynGFLP1eI6rMalg5HH0Iop" mimeVerify.sys.mjs:133:14 openpgp: Decrypting message: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- ..[snipped]

decryption.sys.mjs:143:14 openpgp: Nothing to decrypt/verify. decryption.sys.mjs:176:16 openpgp: Decrypting message: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- ..[snipped]

decryption.sys.mjs:143:14 openpgp: Nothing to decrypt/verify. decryption.sys.mjs:176:16 openpgp: Parsed contentTypeLine: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------95ynGFLP1eI6rMalg5HH0Iop" mimeVerify.sys.mjs:133:14 openpgp: Found signed MIME message; micalg=pgp-sha256 mimeVerify.sys.mjs:148:16 openpgp: Parsed contentTypeLine: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------95ynGFLP1eI6rMalg5HH0Iop" mimeVerify.sys.mjs:133:14 openpgp: Found signed MIME message; micalg=pgp-sha256

Does simply singing without encryption require some special settings?

Filtering on this: adservice.google.com, in the body of messages does not work. I suspect message filters only look at headers. Is that the case?

Lately I have difficulties logging-in to my two different e-mail providers. I have had them for years without any problems. Both don't let me log-in anymore. They want me to deactivate my ad-blocker - but I do not have an ad blocker installed with Mozilla Firefox! There is no such sign on the upper right and in the themes there is none either. The data protection is on standard. Although I agree to cookies but this doesn't help at all. So: where is the problem and why all of a sudden? What can I do? thanks in advance for your help.

Dear Mozilla support,

I represent a company that is providing a SaaS-service, in said service our marketing teams wants to implement thirdparty scripts, but we need to make sure that those scripts don't have access to the DOM to ensure the confidentiality of the information in the service.

What I've found out so far is that fenced frames seems to be a good way to solve this, see the following https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/fencedframe.

However the implementation for this element is still lacking in firefox, so i'm wondering if it will be implemented and when if so. We know that the feature is still experimental but it's something we would like to test and see if it's the way forward for our thirdparty scripts.

I am a developer.I want to know the source code location in Firefox that reject tracker cookies and the code location for obtaining the tracking protection list after installation