Firefox

20333 readers

110 users here now

/c/firefox

A place to discuss the news and latest developments on the open-source browser Firefox.

Rules

1. Adhere to the instance rules

2. Be kind to one another

3. Communicate in a civil manner

Reporting

If you would like to bring an issue to the moderators attention, please use the "Create Report" feature on the offending comment or post and it will be reviewed as time allows.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

k_o_t@lemmy.ml

golden_zealot@lemmy.ml

355

Is this correct? If so, this is not acceptable. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

31 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Edit: Replies to this thread indicate this is not fully correct as it exists on all browsers; and is likely an ad thing.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago

This is not correct.

Most of the posts/articles reference following reddit post: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/whenever_i_open_a_youtube_video_in_a_new_tab_its/k9w3ei4/ . It shows the code from your screenshot. However the code does not check the user agent and is not injected server side (I checked by user agent spoofing and using a freshly installed chrome). So it will run on every browser and cannot be used against some specific ones.

There is an answer to the post everyone seems to reference, which goes a bit deeper into what the code could do: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/17ywbjj/whenever_i_open_a_youtube_video_in_a_new_tab_its/ka08uqj/