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Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by Daho0n on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:17PM (#26827370)
Thank you :)
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Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by DoingIsLearning on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:16AM (#26830599)
To add to this they also blocked access to about:config on Android.

No access to extensions and blocking about:config was to me just heretic. Those two are the raison d'être of Firefox.

Nightly build thankfully reverted this babysitting of users but indeed we are still stuck with 'vetted' add-ons downgrade in the official Firefox release for Android.

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Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by iggldiggl on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:47AM (#26832206)
Even on Nightly, the procedure to install non-whitelisted-by-default add-ons is somewhat arcane though, and AFAIK even after following it you can only install the current version of add-ons that have been officially published on AMO, i.e. no installing a different add-on version or manually installing an XPI (not even a signed one).

Also lots of other little papercuts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26470454

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