XLE

@XLE@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla is recruiting beta testers for a free, baked-in Firefox VPN⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The only browser that has a relatively unrestricted add-on ecosystem, and the best one capable of running mobile add-ons, shouldn’t need to add this as a baked-in feature.

  I’m pretty sure this feature classifies as bloat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The article is pretty clear that the issue is with the Android devices themselves, not with lazy users. There is no indication that a malicious app has these permissions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Building a fairer future for digital advertising: Mozilla partners with Index Exchange | The Mozilla Blog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw the writing on the wall when they purchased ad company Anonym… There were other signs before that, but that was the most brazen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨advertising and headers take up 50% of screen space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just get a bigger screen. But you can't buy bigger screens these days except as smart TVs or monitors... And those smart screens can detect when you aren't interacting with them and display ads...