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I don't imagine many Linux users would trust a billy-no-name 'free' VPN extension, but friends and family might be less savvy to the dangers - dangers the researchers at Koi Security show are all too

c/privacy · by omgubuntu@floss.social · 1y · 6 comments

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Firefox 142 rolls out today with some new stuff: news stories can be curated by topic on new tabs (US only for now), new exception lists to Enhanced Tracking Protection, and wllama API support so web

c/firefox · by omgubuntu@floss.social · 1y · 11 comments

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Firefox users report high CPU and memory usage in the latest release, caused by browser's on-device AI inferencing for its 'smart tab grouping' feature.

c/firefox · by omgubuntu@floss.social · 1y · 33 comments

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AI-assisted tab groups, reduced memory usage on Linux, unit conversions in the address bar AND expanded PiP support – it's Firefox 141.

c/firefox · by omgubuntu@floss.social · 1y · 9 comments

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on I don't imagine many Linux users would trust a billy-no-name 'free' VPN extension, but friends and family might be less savvy to the dangers - dangers the researchers at Koi Security show are all too · c/privacy · 1 pts · 1y

@AdamBishop Indeed, and being a UK site, with a sizeable % of UK readers, many of whom (from past reader surveys) I know skew younger (uni students, etc), I felt I'd /maybe/ be doing a bit of a public service in covering this. If only to remind people to be cautious. 😅.