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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 08:54:30 -0400
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Shadow wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On 13 Oct 2024 04:00:31 GMT, Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
> wrote:
>
>> <snip>
>
> 	Ever started Wireshark and then loaded Firefox? Don't open any
> external pages, just load it.
> 	It connects to over a dozen sites, and worse, maintains
> several connections. My /etc/hosts file looks like a shopping list.
> 	And that is with "safebrowsing" , geolocation , prefetch and
> all other "excuses" turned off.
>
> 	It's been on this list
>
> <https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/linux-security-roundup-for-week-42-2024/>
>
> 	For the last 20+ weeks. Always a regression or backdoor "that
> allows a remote attacker to gain control of your machine when visiting
> a specially crafted page".
>
> 	Why do I still use it? Chrome is worse....
> 	[]'s

The etherape app is a cool quick-n-dirty way to look at net connections and
activity. On this Debian box, Chromium with DuckDuckGo seems fairly light,
while Firefox sets the display on fire (loading a buncha ads) and then calms
down.

Right now watching the connection to SomaFM beating like a heart.

F'up set.

-- 
Zippy's brain cells are straining to bridge synapses ...