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Warning - Firefox Has You in the Pocket

posted by n1 on Monday July 13 2015, @12:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the more-you-share-the-more-you-care dept.

c0lo writes:

Julien Voisin blogs:

Today, I updated my Firefox, and had a new icon on my toolbar: pocket. I took at quick look at the ToS and privacy policy; here is my tl;dr:

Read it Later, Inc. is collecting a lot of intimate information and is tracking you.

When you share something through Pocket with a friend, the emails contains spying material using malware-like techniques to track your friends.

They are sharing those information with trusted third parties (Could be anyone they are doing business with.).

The policy might change, and it's your responsibility to check Pocket's website to see if it has.

[...] The Pocket implementation is not an extension (while it was available as an extension), it's implemented in Firefox. You can not remove it, only disable it, by going in about:config, since this option is not available in the preferences menu.

What the hell is pocket? on Mozilla's site:

The Pocket for Firefox button lets you save web pages and videos to Pocket in just one click. Pocket strips away clutter and saves the page in a clean, distraction-free view and lets you access them on the go through the Pocket app. All you need is a free account, an Internet connection and the Pocket button.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by kbahey on Monday July 13 2015, @05:02PM

    by kbahey (1147) on Monday July 13 2015, @05:02PM (#208561) Homepage

    Go to about:config, search for "pocket", then turn "browser.pocket.enabled" to "false". Done!

    Now, I have another problem with Firefox that started only with the latest 39 version. Every few minutes, one CPU will be pegged at 100%, and Firefox will stall for 10 or 15 seconds, accepting no input, mouse or otherwise. It happens very regularly.

    I did not install any new extensions. Only got the 39 version update via Ubuntu's repos.

    This is on Kubuntu 14.04.

    Any help appreciated.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @06:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @06:48PM (#208594)

    FF used to hang due to Flash. I noticed that this seems to have re-started with the last update of Flash; I have no idea if Adobe re-enabled one of their screw-ups with the recent Hacking Team 0-day fixes. I have flash but only on demand, not enabled by default. I'm not sure if that matters anymore - some software just screws things up.

    Maybe FF just found a new way to mess things up.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @06:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @06:59PM (#208600)

    Sounds like a broken addon. Try running a clean profile in comparison.

    If the clean profile doesn't get the same problem, then disable all addons, enable the most popular ones (they should be well-tested), and then test if the problem persists and enable more addons if it doesn't.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @07:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @07:31PM (#208613)

      Thnx, I had same issue and instead of fixing I switched to Chrome.... now I shall just uninstall FF though.

  • (Score: 2) by kbahey on Tuesday July 14 2015, @04:38PM

    by kbahey (1147) on Tuesday July 14 2015, @04:38PM (#208978) Homepage

    I downgraded by getting Firefox ESR 38.0, and the issue went away. Same extensions, same flash.