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Firefox on Android says this: > has been reported as a deceptive site and has been blocked based on your security preferences. I checked its settings page and

Firefox on Android says this: > has been reported as a deceptive site and has been blocked based on your security preferences. I checked its settings page and saw no such preference, and about:config is a blank page there. So where is this alleged preference?

brenns10 4y ago
I don't know, I got that exact error and searched the settings. I couldn't find that preference either.
- Ptchd 4y ago
  maybe the "safe browsing" setting that uses a list from google to block sites (which I always disable)... Mozilla is in bed with Google on so many levels...
  - metadat 4y ago
    On Firefox Android there is no such option displayed in the settings.
    - Ptchd 4y ago
      It is hidden in about:config, I believe....
      - metadat 4y ago
        What good is that? 99.9% or more of users will never visit this page or know what to do with it, much less be able to figure out which knob to toggle. It's a product design failure to say "blocked because your configuration says so!" and then hide it from settings.
        Ptchd 4y ago
        Firefox for Android sucks... but it sucks less then the alternatives, as far as I know
        account42 4y ago
        This isn't just Firefox for android. Try visiting a previously HSTS enabled site with a now expired certificate. No option for the user to say "I don't really care that much about the MITM risk, just show me the damned page" even with desktop Firefox. Absolutely mindboggling disrespect for user agency for a so-called user agent.
      - deleted 4y ago
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      - nvllsvm 4y ago
        Mozilla explicitly disables about:config in the stable release of Firefox on Android. Works fine in the beta and nightly releases though. As for why they disabled it, no clue. Just bitter, disdainful speculation.
Beltalowda 4y ago
There's a setting on the Firefox desktop version; I guess it's not exposed in the Android version for some reason. These mobile phone browsers tend to be "dumbed-down" in general. Not hard to imagine it just re-uses the same error message from the desktop version, probably just as a simple oversight.
- brenns10 4y ago
  Yeah it's probably an oversight, but that oversight feels particularly irresponsible given that it completely blocks the ability to access web sites (the primary function of a web browser) based on a third-party block list which can't be disabled.
  - oynqr 4y ago
    Remember that visited sites are also phoned home to google when the setting is on.
    - Doxin 4y ago
      Last time I checked, which to be fair is a couple years ago now, only a partial hash is shared with google.
    - Gigachad 4y ago
      Sure thats true? It would be trivial to just package the whole block list locally.
- cwillu 4y ago
  They removed about:config from android firefox builds except for the nightly builds. Mildly enraging, that.

brenns10 4y ago

I don't know, I got that exact error and searched the settings. I couldn't find that preference either.

Ptchd 4y ago
maybe the "safe browsing" setting that uses a list from google to block sites (which I always disable)... Mozilla is in bed with Google on so many levels...
- metadat 4y ago
  On Firefox Android there is no such option displayed in the settings.
  - Ptchd 4y ago
    It is hidden in about:config, I believe....
    - metadat 4y ago
      What good is that? 99.9% or more of users will never visit this page or know what to do with it, much less be able to figure out which knob to toggle. It's a product design failure to say "blocked because your configuration says so!" and then hide it from settings.
      - Ptchd 4y ago
        Firefox for Android sucks... but it sucks less then the alternatives, as far as I know
        account42 4y ago
        This isn't just Firefox for android. Try visiting a previously HSTS enabled site with a now expired certificate. No option for the user to say "I don't really care that much about the MITM risk, just show me the damned page" even with desktop Firefox. Absolutely mindboggling disrespect for user agency for a so-called user agent.
    - deleted 4y ago
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    - nvllsvm 4y ago
      Mozilla explicitly disables about:config in the stable release of Firefox on Android. Works fine in the beta and nightly releases though. As for why they disabled it, no clue. Just bitter, disdainful speculation.

Beltalowda 4y ago

There's a setting on the Firefox desktop version; I guess it's not exposed in the Android version for some reason. These mobile phone browsers tend to be "dumbed-down" in general. Not hard to imagine it just re-uses the same error message from the desktop version, probably just as a simple oversight.

brenns10 4y ago
Yeah it's probably an oversight, but that oversight feels particularly irresponsible given that it completely blocks the ability to access web sites (the primary function of a web browser) based on a third-party block list which can't be disabled.
- oynqr 4y ago
  Remember that visited sites are also phoned home to google when the setting is on.
  - Doxin 4y ago
    Last time I checked, which to be fair is a couple years ago now, only a partial hash is shared with google.
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    Sure thats true? It would be trivial to just package the whole block list locally.
cwillu 4y ago
They removed about:config from android firefox builds except for the nightly builds. Mildly enraging, that.