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* Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay settingChris Ahlstrom
+- Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay settingChris Ahlstrom
`- Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay settingcandycanearter07

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Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
From: Chris Ahlstrom
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Followup: comp.os.linux.misc
Organization: None
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:54 UTC
References: 1 2
Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us (Chris Ahlstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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 ...

Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
From: Chris Ahlstrom
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Organization: None
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:14 UTC
References: 1 2 3
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From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us (Chris Ahlstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 11:14:31 -0400
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Chris Ahlstrom wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> <snip>
>
> 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.

Jesus, etherape almost exploded when I accessed newyorker.com!

--
The honeymoon is over when he phones to say he'll be late for supper and
she's already left a note that it's in the refrigerator.
-- Bill Lawrence

Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
From: candycanearter07
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Organization: the-candyden-of-code
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:20 UTC
References: 1 2 3
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From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid (candycanearter07)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Firefox update breaks media autoplay setting
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:20:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote at 12:54 this Sunday (GMT):
> 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.

Thanks for telling me about etherape, this looks awesome!!
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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