just another dev

It sucks that it overshadows the actual news.

On the plus side, this post serves as a wonderful tool to clean up some garbage users/servers.

Damn, those are not rookie numbers!

Now that sounds like the job for an extension, since for most users “stfu and always apply the fix” would be the preferred option.

How about, if you want a broken version of Firefox, you compile it yourself, rather than let everyone else suffer?
Like, the vast majority of browser users don’t even know what an extension is, let alone install one.

I like the thought, but I can’t imagine that most people will enjoy getting even more popups when they load up a site, especially when they come from the browser itself.

Just take a look at OP here. If they responds this way to settings that are there for their actual benefit - just imagine how much they’ll like those popups.

Awww, it learned to write a word without understanding what it means.

Oh. Ok.

Why?

It’s unused, you can go ahead and kill it.

With these kind of titles, I hope you will, and know you won’t.

From the title, I was afraid this was going to be another backdoor.

*their (x2)

So are murder and traffic laws.

Agreed, those are pretty permissive licenses (though not completely free), but they’re still licenses that you deliberately choose, not ones that were forced upon you.

I wonder to what degree that would still apply when it’s their work (say, a photo) being used by others in any way they see fit.

World’s biggest backdoor

Puh-lease. At least Heartbleed made it into production at enormous scale.

I stand corrected.

If you’re in the EU, I can heartily recommend Tuxedo computers. Specifically targeted towards Linux use.

My last few laptops have been Tuxedo. Can heartily recommend. The tux key instead of the windows logo is a very nice touch. The first ones were 13", and their tiny fans could be rather loud during normal operation, but now I have a 15" and it’s a dream.

Personally I find it far more important that it’s not run by a company that will try its hardest to track your every movement on the web, but to each their own, I suppose.

If that’s what gets you going :s

Wouldn’t the attacker have to be on the same network as the resolver for this to work? Or could it be triggered by a “dirty hostname”? Because in the former case, most home networks would not be at much risk.