Mozilla Firefox Safe Browsing
January 30, 2023 - 4:33 pmFirefox’ Phishing Protection, based on Googles Safe Browsing, checks URLs against a list of known bad URLs. For this feature, a list of bad URLs is regularly downloaded from Googles servers.
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Mozilla Firefox AddOn Telemetry
January 30, 2023 - 3:47 pmFirefox will update it’s cached information on extensions you’ve installed once per day. By applying this immunization, you can prevent this background action.
Mozilla Firefox Speculative Loading
January 30, 2023 - 3:45 pmSpeculative Loading tries to speed up your Internet Browsing by guessing you might click on a link you’re hovering, and loading them in the background before you click. By applying... continue reading
Mozilla Firefox Contextual Feature Recommender
January 30, 2023 - 3:38 pmFirefox recommends addons and features on new tabs. Use this immunizer to disable these.
Mozilla Firefox Kill Switch
January 30, 2023 - 3:36 pmThis Firefox setting allows Mozilla to disable extensions remotely. This is a good feature that allows to disable harmful extensions, but also regularly contacts the server containing the blocklist. We... continue reading
Mozilla Firefox Sponsored Sites
June 29, 2022 - 12:34 pmTrackign done on new tabs in Firefox. Described by Mozilla as: When you view or click on a sponsored shortcut, Firefox sends anonymized technical data to our partner through a... continue reading