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Reported by: Jorge Terán <jorget778 <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 17:27:02 UTC
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From: Jorge Terán <jorget778 <at> gmail.com> To: 63023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#63023: bug-gnuzilla Digest, Vol 194, Issue 2 Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 13:17:02 -0400
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Now I remember what happened to youtube, I was also bothered by the way to redirect my search and it was due to a default plugin in Icecat but it can be deactivated. El sáb, 22 abr 2023 a la(s) 12:02, <bug-gnuzilla-request <at> gnu.org> escribió: > Send bug-gnuzilla mailing list submissions to > bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnuzilla > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > bug-gnuzilla-request <at> gnu.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > bug-gnuzilla-owner <at> gnu.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of bug-gnuzilla digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. bug#62981: Twitter redirect (Antonio T. sagitter) > 2. bug#62981: Twitter redirect (Mark H Weaver) > 3. bug#62981: Twitter redirect (Antonio T. sagitter) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:05:53 +0200 > From: "Antonio T. sagitter" <sagitter <at> fedoraproject.org> > To: Jeremie King <jeremieking <at> jeremieking.com>, 62981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org > Subject: bug#62981: Twitter redirect > Message-ID: <c1dd89b9-86a5-dc2f-eb9a-4f48afc29f9b <at> fedoraproject.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Which addons have you installed in Icecat? > > On 21/04/23 00:45, Jeremie King wrote: > > Version 102.9.0esr (64-bit) > > Clean install from Fedora 37 repos > > > > > > Problem: Twitter is redirecting to inappropriate websites. It looks like > > maybe there was something that would redirect users to nitter (why would > > that be appropriate anyway, the browser should not be interfering with > > my choice of URL) and maybe the old link doesn't work anymore? It looks > > like it's one of those parked URLs that transfers to multiple domains > > for ad revenue. > > > > How disappointing! I would love to switch from firefox to ice cat... but > > this is nefarious behavior! > > > > I can provide screenshots or video of the issue. Again, this is a very > > clean install on a new system. I have also reproduced on multiple > machines. > > > > > > -- > --- > Antonio Trande > Fedora Project > mailto: sagitter <at> fedoraproject.org > GPG key: 0x40FDA7B70789A9CD > GPG keys server: https://keyserver.dcc.sib.swiss/ > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: OpenPGP_signature > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 840 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: < > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/attachments/20230421/c54170fa/attachment.sig > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:09:50 -0400 > From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> > To: Jeremie King <jeremieking <at> jeremieking.com>, 62981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org > Subject: bug#62981: Twitter redirect > Message-ID: <87zg70opiu.fsf <at> netris.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi Jeremie, > > Jeremie King <jeremieking <at> jeremieking.com> writes: > > > Version 102.9.0esr (64-bit) > > Clean install from Fedora 37 repos > > > > Problem: Twitter is redirecting to inappropriate websites. It looks > > like maybe there was something that would redirect users to nitter > > (why would that be appropriate anyway, the browser should not be > > interfering with my choice of URL) and maybe the old link doesn't work > > anymore? It looks like it's one of those parked URLs that transfers to > > multiple domains for ad revenue. > > This behavior is caused by the "Privacy Redirect" addon, which is > bundled with IceCat but can be easily disabled by visiting the > <about:addons> page. It includes a built-in list of Nitter instances to > redirect to, here: > > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git/tree/data/extensions/%7bb7f9d2cd-d772-4302-8c3f-eb941af36f76%7d/assets/javascripts/remove-twitter-sw.js > > Perhaps that list is now out-of-date and includes some URLs that are no > longer running Nitter. > > > How disappointing! I would love to switch from firefox to ice > > cat... but this is nefarious behavior! > > I'm sorry that you consider it nefarious. I can understand why you feel > that way, but here's another point of view: it has become very common > for news articles and other web pages to include embedded tweets. When > you visit one of those pages with most web browsers, Twitter finds out > that you visited that page and gets to run its own Javascript code on > your web browser regardless of your wishes. If you block that > Javascript code from running, you simply don't see the embedded tweets, > which may make it hard to understand the article you're trying to read. > Ditto for YouTube and Instagram and others. > > Privacy Redirect is a tool to help address this issue. > > If you disagree that Privacy Redirect should be included with IceCat, > feel free to start a discussion about it on our mailing lists. > gnuzilla-dev might be a good choice for such a discussion. > > For the record, I was not actually the person who decided to add Privacy > Redirect as a bundled addon to IceCat, so I'm not heavily invested in > keeping it. I'm sympathetic to the reasons for including it, but I'm > also sympathetic to your position. If you raise the issue, I pledge to > listen with an open mind. I'd also like to hear from Rubèn, who added > this extension to IceCat in the first place. > > Regards, > Mark > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 13:03:58 +0200 > From: "Antonio T. sagitter" <sagitter <at> fedoraproject.org> > To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>, Jeremie King > <jeremieking <at> jeremieking.com>, 62981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org > Subject: bug#62981: Twitter redirect > Message-ID: <669a0868-dc8f-657d-3418-1a33a42331f6 <at> fedoraproject.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > I doubt thar Icecat-102.9.0 from Fedora repos provides the "Privacy > Redirect" addon because i removed it some time ago; probably, it's a > refuse from older Icecat releases. > > On 22/04/23 00:09, Mark H Weaver wrote: > > Hi Jeremie, > > > > Jeremie King <jeremieking <at> jeremieking.com> writes: > > > >> Version 102.9.0esr (64-bit) > >> Clean install from Fedora 37 repos > >> > >> Problem: Twitter is redirecting to inappropriate websites. It looks > >> like maybe there was something that would redirect users to nitter > >> (why would that be appropriate anyway, the browser should not be > >> interfering with my choice of URL) and maybe the old link doesn't work > >> anymore? It looks like it's one of those parked URLs that transfers to > >> multiple domains for ad revenue. > > > > This behavior is caused by the "Privacy Redirect" addon, which is > > bundled with IceCat but can be easily disabled by visiting the > > <about:addons> page. It includes a built-in list of Nitter instances to > > redirect to, here: > > > > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuzilla.git/tree/data/extensions/%7bb7f9d2cd-d772-4302-8c3f-eb941af36f76%7d/assets/javascripts/remove-twitter-sw.js > > > > Perhaps that list is now out-of-date and includes some URLs that are no > > longer running Nitter. > > > >> How disappointing! I would love to switch from firefox to ice > >> cat... but this is nefarious behavior! > > > > I'm sorry that you consider it nefarious. I can understand why you feel > > that way, but here's another point of view: it has become very common > > for news articles and other web pages to include embedded tweets. When > > you visit one of those pages with most web browsers, Twitter finds out > > that you visited that page and gets to run its own Javascript code on > > your web browser regardless of your wishes. If you block that > > Javascript code from running, you simply don't see the embedded tweets, > > which may make it hard to understand the article you're trying to read. > > Ditto for YouTube and Instagram and others. > > > > Privacy Redirect is a tool to help address this issue. > > > > If you disagree that Privacy Redirect should be included with IceCat, > > feel free to start a discussion about it on our mailing lists. > > gnuzilla-dev might be a good choice for such a discussion. > > > > For the record, I was not actually the person who decided to add Privacy > > Redirect as a bundled addon to IceCat, so I'm not heavily invested in > > keeping it. I'm sympathetic to the reasons for including it, but I'm > > also sympathetic to your position. If you raise the issue, I pledge to > > listen with an open mind. I'd also like to hear from Rubèn, who added > > this extension to IceCat in the first place. > > > > Regards, > > Mark > > > > > > > > -- > --- > Antonio Trande > Fedora Project > mailto: sagitter <at> fedoraproject.org > GPG key: 0x40FDA7B70789A9CD > GPG keys server: https://keyserver.dcc.sib.swiss/ > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: OpenPGP_signature > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 840 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: < > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnuzilla/attachments/20230422/28539a23/attachment.sig > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > bug-gnuzilla mailing list > bug-gnuzilla <at> gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnuzilla > > > ------------------------------ > > End of bug-gnuzilla Digest, Vol 194, Issue 2 > ******************************************** >
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