Mozilla had to come up with an alternate update model in order to accommodate the immediate needs of enterprise Firefox users. The ESR concept addresses the testing and certification problem by giving large-scale Firefox adopters a more stable target. They get a version that will remain consistent for a whole year, but will still get back-ported security updates. The model is similar to that of Ubuntu’s long-term support releases, which Canonical issues every two years with a five-year support guarantee.
Alas, I haven’t checked with the GNU project on that one, but considering their reputation I give them the benefit of the doubt. Regardless, I use Fennec and Librewolf for the most part.
Firefox ESR receives security updates as often as usual. 1-2 times a month. It’s only frozen at 78 right now. Next will be 91 coming in 4-5 months or so.
Personally, I usually run ESR. I’m not that interested in all new things. I’m not much for changes.
I never spoof my browser. Isn’t True Operating System Core visible anyway? I saw it when I tested LibreWolf in Linux. Operating System was Windows and Operating System Core Linux.
Yeah well…Far from ethical, reading that ranking crap
Ghostery is owned by Evidon, a company that collects and provides data to advertising companies. It has a feature called GhostRank that you can check to “support” them. The problem is, Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal information on you—but Ghostrank will take note the ads you encounter and which ones you block, and sends that information back to advertisers so they can better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked. The data is anonymous, and Ghostery still does everything it promises to do to protect your privacy.
(c) https://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells-data-to-a-514417864
Under its former owner Evidon, Ghostery had an opt-in feature called GhostRank. GhostRank could be enabled to “support” its privacy function. GhostRank took note of ads encountered and blocked, then sent that information back to advertisers so they could better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked.[20] Though Ghostery claims that the data is anonymized, patterns of web page visits cannot truly be anonymized.[21] Not everyone sees Evidon’s business model as conflict-free. Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford graduate student and privacy advocate, has said: “Evidon has a financial incentive to encourage the program’s adoption and discourage alternatives like Do Not Track and cookie blocking as well as to maintain positive relationships with intrusive advertising companies”.[22]
Since July 2018, with version 8.2, Ghostery shows advertisements of its own to users.[23] Burda claims that the advertisements do not send personal data back to their servers and that they do not create a personal profile.[24]
(c) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery
I still think all the add-ons we poke into our browsers are a bad idea. That’s why Firefox is so good. Most of it can be fixed without add-ons. You have to fiddle a bit in about:config unfortunately.
I ran Device Info on a clean Firefox without add-ons with only changes in about:config. It protected almost as well.
A little OT:
I was down almost all day yesterday. Changed ISP. I have about 20 to choose from.
Took a little ISP in my little town called Svea Internet. Okay price. Speeds up to 1000/1000. Possibility of Static IP and the ability to have a server there as well. The ISP is located 25 meters below and into a mountain. Bomb safe and everything! Called the mountain room Arthur!
Do not know if anyone is interested, but I think it’s a bit cool!
