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Firefox 66 to block automatically playing audible video and audio

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    Octofox
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    How this didn't happen sooner I will never know! Next can we block those subscribe to our newsletter modals? I was talking to someone at work and we have been extremely pleased with firefox...

    How this didn't happen sooner I will never know! Next can we block those subscribe to our newsletter modals?

    I was talking to someone at work and we have been extremely pleased with firefox recently. They commented "I'm glad it seems in the last year everyone at mozilla seems to have woken up again and actually cares about developing firefox"

    8 votes
    1. unknown user
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      AFAIU Mozilla has a problem with non technical depts. There are some fools somewhere that come up with all the scandals and create troubles.

      AFAIU Mozilla has a problem with non technical depts. There are some fools somewhere that come up with all the scandals and create troubles.

      3 votes
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      PopeRigby
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      You've probably heard this before, but it would be beneficial for you to use a password manager if you're forgetting passwords.

      You've probably heard this before, but it would be beneficial for you to use a password manager if you're forgetting passwords.

      17 votes
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        asoftbird
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        I'm not sure if l can trust password managers, especially with all the "forget the master password and you're screwed" and possible data breaches on owned devices. Not sure if the latter even is a...

        I'm not sure if l can trust password managers, especially with all the "forget the master password and you're screwed" and possible data breaches on owned devices. Not sure if the latter even is a risk at all but still. I'd personally use a physical password notebook, one that nobody online can ever find but with major disadvantages that irl people can find it and that it can be lost more easily.
        What's the better option here?

        3 votes
        1. Shahriar
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          Use an offline open-source password manager like KeePass.

          I'd personally use a physical password notebook, one that nobody online can ever find but with major disadvantages that irl people can find it and that it can be lost more easily.

          Use an offline open-source password manager like KeePass.

          10 votes
        2. PopeRigby
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          Hmm. I'm certainly no expert but I think a password manager is safer. Choose one that you can trust and/or is open source, like Bitwarden.

          Hmm. I'm certainly no expert but I think a password manager is safer. Choose one that you can trust and/or is open source, like Bitwarden.

          1 vote
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      loto
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      As I understand chromium's proposed changes to adblocking extensions, it's going to limit the potential of the better ones (ublock) in favour of Chrome's upcoming built-in Adblock, which'd likely...

      As I understand chromium's proposed changes to adblocking extensions, it's going to limit the potential of the better ones (ublock) in favour of Chrome's upcoming built-in Adblock, which'd likely allow Google ads through. Correct me if I'm wrong with any of this, but wouldn't that be a reason to move /to/ Firefox?

      8 votes
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        1. loto
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          Ah, gotchya. I haven't been a chrome user for a while so I didn't end up reading too much on it. Here's hoping they don't go through with them/change them enough that they're not an issue

          Ah, gotchya. I haven't been a chrome user for a while so I didn't end up reading too much on it. Here's hoping they don't go through with them/change them enough that they're not an issue

          2 votes
    3. Octofox
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      Firefox has an import tool to move all of your chrome data and firefox also has the same syncing features

      Firefox has an import tool to move all of your chrome data and firefox also has the same syncing features

      6 votes
  3. ssgjrie
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    Autoplay is one of those features that can be useful, but end up being used in ways that many don't want/like. I want gfycat, gifv, youtube, etc, to autoplay, but I never asked news websites to...

    Autoplay is one of those features that can be useful, but end up being used in ways that many don't want/like.

    I want gfycat, gifv, youtube, etc, to autoplay, but I never asked news websites to start playing a 50MB video with sound just because I opened their website.

    6 votes
  4. heartbeats
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    This is a must-have. Auto-play is one of the worst site features.

    This is a must-have. Auto-play is one of the worst site features.

    3 votes
  5. Alatar
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    Finally! It seems like I'd been reading about this for months.

    Finally! It seems like I'd been reading about this for months.

    1 vote