Foxstuck: Firefox browser bug boots legions of users offline
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In a hard-to-beat demo of the perils of software telemetry, Mozilla accidentally kicked legions of users offline last week by an update to its telemetry servers that triggered an existing bug in Firefox. Internally, Mozilla is calling the bug "foxstuck".
Firefox periodically reports back some fairly innocuous info, including how long your session lasted, how many tabs and windows you had open, what extensions you have and so on. You can see a list by entering about:telemetry in the address bar.
It's all pretty harmless data (?). What isn't harmless is if your browser goes TITSUP* and stops you from accessing any website just because it can't phone home – especially if other browsers still work fine.
Full article https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/18/foxstuck_firefox_browser_bug_boots/
>Laptop ACER, AMD Ryzen, GPU AMD Radeon RAM 16GB, SSD 512GB -Win11 Home 64 v24H2| Vivaldi last stable|
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@catweazle Stuff like this can happen. That Firefox relies on telemetry isn’t a secret though and they have their reasons.
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@luetage , I hope that Vivaldi does not have a "small bug" like this that leaves us without internet.
>Laptop ACER, AMD Ryzen, GPU AMD Radeon RAM 16GB, SSD 512GB -Win11 Home 64 v24H2| Vivaldi last stable|
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@catweazle Maybe it would be for the best? Imagine the internet being offline for a day. I wonder who would succumb and who would thrive.
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@luetage , Internet world wide down? There will be again sacrifice of virgins and Mad Max, sure. In our society, without internet, nothing works, no food, no water, no money, no travel, no fuel.......instant 18 century-
