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Does this provide automatic updates? If not this should not be recommended as it is incredibly dangerous to use a browser that isn't getting updates. The offic
by kevincox 3y ago
Does this provide automatic updates? If not this should not be recommended as it is incredibly dangerous to use a browser that isn't getting updates.
The official instructions provide a way to subscribe to the repo to get updates: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_install-firefox-deb-package-for-debian-based-distributions https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w...
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- 38 3y agoI am a professional software developer. I have had Firefox updates disabled for years. I run uBlock Origin with a custom JavaScript whitelist, and it works wonderfully. The only issue I have is when someone is using some bleeding edge web API. in 9 years, I have NEVER had a security issue due to disabled updates. Stop the scare tactics.
- kevincox 3y agoHope no page you visit contains a malicious WebP image.
- dialogbox 3y ago> I have NEVER had a security issue due to disabled updates. How can you know if there was a security issue? If you can not, you can't say there was no issue.
- 38 3y agohttps://wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest https://wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest