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Next they will be using your web cam to take pictures of you because … reasons. Then they will turn on your mic and record so that if you verbalize thoughts that don’t make it to your computer screen you can recall those too. Where does it end? I don’t want to know.



People need to stop thinking about Republicans vs. Democrats and starting think in terms of people vs. the government. We might be able to make positive change if we united.


I should have mentioned, I am running the Flatpak version of Firefox on Kubuntu 23.10


Firefox 123.0 changed DNS settings?
After installing Firefox 123.0 I ran a Mullvad Connection check [https://mullvad.net/en/check]() and found I had a DNS leak. Turns out that Firefox had changed the settings under "DNS over HTTPS" so that my Mullvad DNS wasn't being used any more. After changing this setting to "off" in Firefox, the Mullvad check passed.
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The add-on Cookie AutoDelete allows way more flexibility with cookies including white listing cookies. Example: you could have all cookies deleted but not the ones on your whitelist. It has many other options for controlling cookies.



I got the pop ups for a while, then they went away. They are back again. Fortunately I am still able to ignore it and not see any adds. If there is a time where I am forced to watch adds, it will hurt, but I will give up YouTube. I hope others give it up and don’t cave if it comes to that.


I’ve used this on my Samsung phone and I’ve seen better battery life with so much junk running in the background.


Use Linux, a VPN, Firefox with containers and multiple privacy add-ons. I use Veracrypt volumes to store “private” information in the cloud.