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Firefox stopped using 'browser.newtab.url' long time ago as it was a preferred attack surface for male are trying to redirect people to scam pages. I understand
by elashri 2y ago
Firefox stopped using 'browser.newtab.url' long time ago as it was a preferred attack surface for male are trying to redirect people to scam pages. I understand that you are annoyed but you can still use an addon to do that which gives you more control.
I don't know about other browsers and how they handle the abuse of this situation or if they care at all. But it is not like there did it just to annoy people.
- yencabulator 2y agoHow would a scammer change my browser.newtab.url? How would a scammer be able to change my browser.newtab.url without an attacker also being able to change my network.proxy.http?
- DidYaWipe 2y ago"Firefox stopped using 'browser.newtab.url' long time ago" That doesn't really mean anything to the end user (including me). If the implementation was flawed, the answer isn't just to abolish the entire feature.