DNS over HTTPS (DoH) – Testing on Beta
DNS is a critical part of the Internet, but unfortunately has bad security and privacy properties, as described in this excellent explainer by Lin Clark. In June, Mozilla started experimenting … Read more
Articles in “Firefox”
Changing Our Approach to Anti-tracking
Anyone who isn’t an expert on the internet would be hard-pressed to explain how tracking on the internet actually works. Some of the negative effects of unchecked tracking are easy … Read more
Testing Firefox Monitor, a New Security Tool
From shopping to social media, the average online user will have hundreds of accounts requiring passwords. At the same time, the number of user data breaches occurring each year continues … Read more
A Privacy-Conscious Approach to Sponsored Content
Content on the web is powerful. It enables us to learn new things, discover different perspectives, stay in touch with what’s happening in the world, or just make us laugh. … Read more
IT Pros and CIOs: sign up to try Firefox Quantum for Enterprise
A few months ago we announced our plan to build enterprise administrative controls (i.e. a “policy engine”) for Firefox Quantum. These new administrative controls will allow IT professionals to easily … Read more
Update on Pocket and Firefox Integration
When Mozilla and Pocket joined forces less than a year ago, we said that together we will work to provide people everywhere with the tools to discover and access high-quality … Read more
Announcing ESR60 with policy engine
The Firefox ESR (extended support release) is based on an official release of Firefox desktop for use by organizations including schools, universities, businesses and others who need extended support for … Read more
Update on Firefox support for Windows XP and Vista
Last year we announced that Windows XP and Vista users would be automatically moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR), ensuring them continued updates until at least September, 2017. … Read more
It’s your data, we’re just living in it
Let me ask you a question: How often do you think about your Firefox data? I think about your Firefox data every day, like it’s my job. Because it is. … Read more
Firefox Roadmap for Flash End-of-Life
This morning, Adobe announced its roadmap to stop supporting Flash at the end of 2020. Working with Adobe and other browser vendors, Mozilla has prepared a roadmap for Flash support … Read more
Update on Firefox Support for Windows XP and Vista
In approximately March, 2017, Windows XP and Vista users will automatically be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). Firefox is one of the few browsers that continues to … Read more
Update on Multi-Process Firefox
About four months ago, we launched multi-process Firefox to a small group of Firefox 48 users. Shortly after the carefully measured roll-out, we increased to approximately 50% of our user … Read more