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From: Phillip Frabott <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com>
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Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:36:34 -0400
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On 10/13/2024 07:36, Shadow wrote:
> On 13 Oct 2024 04:00:31 GMT, Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> In Devuan Daedalus, updating from firefox-esr 128.3.0esr-1~deb12u1
>> to 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 appears to have broken the media autoplay
>> setting, as measured by YouTube ads playing immediately after page
>> load, even though media autoplay is turned off (except for a couple
>> of about:welcome* "sites".
>>
>> In an attempt to workaround the apparent (and possibly deliberate)
>> bug and following this page
>>
>>     https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/firefox-dont-block-video-play-even-if-autoplay-is-prohibited/m-p/49998
>>
>> I have these settings in about:config:
>>
>> dom.media.autoplay-policy-detection.enabled	true	
>> media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages	false	
>> media.autoplay.block-event.enabled		false	
>> media.autoplay.blocking_policy			1	
>> media.autoplay.default				5	
>> media.autoplay.enabled				false	
>> services.sync.prefs.sync.media.autoplay.default	false	
>>
>> Even with that, YouTube ads play without warning.
>>
>> Are there any known workarounds (other than switching to another
>> browser?)
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> 	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

Have you checked out Librewolf yet? I haven't actually done that testing 
myself but it supposedly is a more security hardened version of Firefox. 
Be interesting to see if it correct these connections or not.

-- 
Phillip Frabott
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