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I had to restart my browser today because when opening a new tab I was prompted with: "Firefox has updated in the background and needs to restart". I had no id

• Liquid_Fire 5y ago
  AFAIK this only happens on Linux if your package manager updates Firefox in the background, which of course Firefox has no control over. On other OSes, it will only update when restarting Firefox (if auto-updating is enabled) or by explicitly prompting you to update.
  • tinus_hn 5y ago
    That’s really what happens though, the update is prepared and installs when you restart. Unless it’s a packaged Linux version and the files are updated while the app is running of course. But there is little Firefox can do about that. * edit * Actually this is the same as what you typed
• kappuchino 5y ago
  This is a multi faceted issue: Browsers are the most used pieces of Software, so vulnerabilities are critical to your systems health. I think if Updates were disabled by default, there would be insecure browsers nearly everywhere because I would not likely click a "Would you like to update?" popup. But this comes with the catch of changed functionality and in this case changed data behaviour.
• Tajnymag 5y ago
  For vast majority of users, auto-update is the best way of handling updates. They don't have to think about keeping the browser, their most used software, the tool used to download and execute untrusted content, up to date. As far I know, Firefox has an option to turn the auto-update off.