Notices by jack (jack@mastodon.sdf.org)

#Mozilla wants to know what you want from them and, in particular, #Firefox.

Let.

Them.

Know.

https://mozillafoundation.tfaforms.net/201

To switch off #AI bullshit on #Mozilla #FirefoxMobile, you'll need to go to advanced settings, too - only there's no about:config anymore. But if you open this URL

chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml

via the address bar, you'll still get there, just like in ordinary #Firefox.

There, search for

browser.ml.enable
extensions.ml.enabled

and set both to false. That should be sufficient to have a little less #AI #enshittification in your digital life... at least for now.

In a world increasingly afflicted by #enshittification, #Mozilla #Firefox (thanks to #uBlock & #NoScript) remains one of the usable browsers, last real contender to #google chrome.

To switch of #AI bullshit, go to about:config and set these to false:

browser.ml.enable
browser.ml.chat.enabled
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.ml.chat.page

The last one should also disable the shitty right-click "Ask an AI chatbot" menu item that has popped up recently.

For #FirefoxMobile, see next post in thread.

Let's not talk about #politics or #elections. It's the #5thOfNovember, so let's just... remember, remember:

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

#VforVendetta #AlanMoore #comics #GuyFawkes

@kibcol1049 @EA7KRC

https://youtu.be/NtPoFsxZ_Ng?feature=shared

You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?

If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy".

You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.

https://developers.google.com/android/binary_transparency/google1p/overview

@zeh@mstdn.io @strypey @jine @rysiek@mastodon.technology Volker #Grassmuck's Freie Software from 2004 is also really good. But it's in german and unfortunately, there are no translations I'm aware of.

#freesoftware #gnu #linux

https://freie-software.bpb.de/