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gorg86
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:16 pm    Post subject: So Mozilla wants to use DNS over HTTPS with Cloudflare now.. Reply with quote

https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2018/06/01/improving-dns-privacy-in-firefox/

Let's say this gets implemented without the user having control over it at some point. Will you guys put in a useflag to opt it out during compile time?
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Ant P.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gentoo could add that, but it wouldn't accomplish much (and it can be turned on/off without a recompile by putting a mozilla.cfg file in the correct place).

Users of PiHole and other DNS-based adblocking solutions to blanket protect an entire LAN are going to be left high and dry.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I find it disturbing that we need to protect ourselves against Mozilla now.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Soon Mozilla will work like Opera Mobile way back when?
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Ant P.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pun_guin wrote:
I find it disturbing that we need to protect ourselves against Mozilla now.

We needed to anyway, after they quietly slipped adware in through a backdoor last year, and are now planning on using it to install a sponsored links sidebar.

Make sure the about:studies page says it's disabled.
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