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AI controls is coming to Firefox (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 3 weeks ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Starting with Firefox 148, which rolls out on Feb. 24, you’ll find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings. It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox.

They actually listened to the community, thats very nice.

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesn't work. Try to do it without giving them a phone number or installing some other application. You can't. Or I couldn't.

how did you try? did you try registering a mozilla account?

You'll find out Mozilla has problems with sign in.

It's probably temporary, it doesn't have problems usually

And it presumes that I shouldn't be able to control my own browser.

they do it so that malware cant install unvetted addons to your browser. and if someone signs a malware addon this way, and some people report it, mozilla can disable it for everyone.

We need a new firefox - just like the original firefox showed that Mozilla was bloat and dumb, we need another that shows the current is bloat and dumb.

what you need is a footgun. you have it in about:config.

[–] blaggle42@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, I think we just need a dialog box - could be like osx - "are you sure you want to allow the plugin that you said you wanted to use? It was built by: you, not signed by Mozilla." Maybe put a "You have unsigned plugins running" tool tip - that gets displayed at startup or every 8 hours.

Again - imagine if you couldn't install the programs you wanted on your computer - this is current firefox.

I suppose we are both beating the already-dead-horse on different ends now.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, I think we just need a dialog box - could be like osx - "are you sure you want to allow the plugin that you said you wanted to use? It was built by: you, not signed by Mozilla." Maybe put a "You have unsigned plugins running" tool tip - that gets displayed at startup or every 8 hours.

that won't help to warn the largest part of the target audience, those who were trained by big tech to dismiss those dialogs by reflex without reading a word in it

[–] blaggle42@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

I disagree, if the user has opened up about: has gone in an said, "I want to enable this local plugin permanently" and then says, "yes" to a "do you really want to do this"

this is enough

also just think if mac or windows or linux all of a sudden said, "no you can't install the software you want"

you would be against I would think.