Re: OT: Strange behavior in Firefox -- google searches start by searching another URL / domain
rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>This is definitely OT and further, I'm using an old version of Firefox (ESR
>52.8.0 on Wheezy, which is still my daily driver),
Not so much answering your original question, but more of a plea to
you for *your* own safety...
If you're going to use a web browser connected to the open internet,
*please* upgrade and move forwards to something that has some security
support. You're using a browser that was last updated three years ago
on top of of an OS where security support ended *five* years ago. You
are *asking* for trouble doing this. There have been many holes found
and fixed in your browser that could allow for remote attackers to
gain access to your system, and then multiple kernel security bugs
that could easily give root privileges to an attacker who wanted them.
By all means use old and unmaintained software if you wish - that's
your right. But connecting old software to the internet is
*dangerous*. You appear to be worried about a third-party
website/domain potentially tracking your activity, but I think that
should be the least of your concerns at this point.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management could
ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs." -- Mike Andrews
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