Mozilla announced this week that all developers of Firefox add-ons must enable a two-factor authentication (2FA) solution for their account. From a report: “Starting in early 2020, extension developers will be required to have 2FA enabled on AMO [the Mozilla Add-Ons portal],” said Caitlin Neiman, Add-ons Community Manager at Mozilla. “This is intended to help prevent malicious actors from taking control…
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Firefox 68 Arrives With Darker Reader View, Recommended Extensions, and IT Customizations
Mozilla today launched Firefox 68 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Firefox 68 includes a darker reader view, recommended extensions, IT Pro customizations, and more. From a report: As part of this release, Mozilla has curated a list of recommended extensions “that have been thoroughly reviewed for security, usability, and usefulness.” You can find the list on the Get Add-ons…
Feed Preview for Firefox
Feed Preview is a Firefox add-on that indicates available RSS and Atom feeds to the user and may also render previews of feeds directly in the browser. Mozilla removed RSS preview options in Firefox 64 because it had an “outsized maintenance and security impact relative to” usage numbers. The removal impacted RSS feeds and live… Continue reading Feed Preview for Firefox
Prevent Amazon tracking with Amazon Container for Firefox
Amazon Container is a browser extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser to isolates Amazon activity from the rest of your browsing activity. The add-on is a fork of the Google Container extension which itself is a fork of Mozilla’s own Facebook Container extension. Mozilla introduced the Container feature as an experiment back in 2016.… Continue reading Prevent Amazon tracking with Amazon Container for Firefox
Protect yourself against a pure CSS data stealing attack called Exfil
CSS Exfil Protection is a browser extension for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome that protects data against CSS Exfil attacks. Internet users who have a good understanding of online security know that […]
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Display hidden results on Google Search with Google Unlocked
Google Unlocked is a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that displays hidden results on Google Search automatically. Google hides results from Google Search when it receives DMCA complaints. The company does not just remove results with DMCA complaints from Google Search but adds information to search results pages to inform users of… Continue reading Display hidden results on Google Search with Google Unlocked