Thunderbird, Enigmail and OpenPGP

Today the Thunderbird project is happy to announce that for the future Thunderbird 78 release, planned for summer 2020, we will add built-in functionality for ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

OpenPGP functionality to be included in the next stable release of Thunderbird

Today the Thunderbird project is happy to announce that for the future Thunderbird 78 release, planned for summer 2020, we will add built-in functionality for ... | Continue reading


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Understand How Hackers Work

Forget about those hackers in movies trying to crack the code on someone’s computer to get their top secret files. The hackers responsible for data breaches usually start by targeting ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns with Firefox Private Network Beta

We’re kicking off our relaunch of the Test Pilot program by beta testing our project code named Firefox Private Network. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

My Next Chapter

Earlier this morning I shared the news internally that – while I’ve been a Mozillian for 15 years so far, and plan to be for many more years – this ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

What’s Next in Making Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS the Default

More than 70,000 users have already chosen on their own to explicitly enable DoH in Firefox Release edition. We are close to releasing DoH in the USA, and we have a few updates to share. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

A New Policy for Mozilla Location Service

Several years ago we started a geolocation experiment called the Mozilla Location Service (MLS) to create a location service built on open-source software and powered ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Mozilla’s Manifest v3 FAQ

What is Manifest v3? Chrome versions the APIs they provide to extensions, and the current format is version 2. The Firefox WebExtensions API is nearly ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Today’s Firefox Blocks Third-Party Tracking Cookies and Cryptomining by Default

Today, Firefox on desktop and Android will — by default — empower and protect all our users by blocking third-party tracking cookies and cryptominers. This milestone marks a major step ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Chris Beard will be leaving is Mozilla role as CEO

Thank you, Chris. Chris Beard has been Mozilla Corporation’s CEO for 5 and a half years. Chris has announced 2019 will be his last year in this role. I want ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

What’s New in Thunderbird 68

Our newest release, Thunderbird version 68 is now available! Users on version 60, the last major release, will not be immediately updated - but will ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Protecting Our Users in Kazakhstan

Russian translation: Если вы хотите ознакомиться с этим текстом на русском языке, нажмите здесь. Kazakh translation: Бұл постыны қазақ тілінде мына жерден оқыңыз. In July, ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan

Today, Mozilla and Google took action to protect the online security and privacy of individuals in Kazakhstan. Together the companies deployed technical solutions within Firefox and Chrome to block the ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Empowering voters to combat election manipulation

For the last year, Mozilla has been looking for ways to empower voters in light of the shifts in election dynamics caused by the internet and online advertising. This work ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Web Authentication in Firefox for Android

Firefox for Android (Fennec) now supports the Web Authentication API as of version 68. WebAuthn blends public-key cryptography into web application logins, and is our ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) Update – Detecting Managed Networks and User Choice

This post outlines a new study we will be conducting to gauge how many Firefox users in the United States are using parental controls or enterprise DNS configurations. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

The Rust compiler is still getting faster

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How to speed up the Rust compiler in 2019

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@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

100,985,047 have been invited to the Evite data breach “party”

More than 100 million accounts were compromised in the Evite data breach. Find out if your account was one of them. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Camera and microphone require HTTPS in Firefox 68

As of Firefox 68—releasing next week—camera and microphone will require an https connection to work. Access from insecure http will cease to work, matching how Chrome works. Camera and microhone are powerful features, and Firefox will now only expose them in secure contexts, a se … | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Latest Firefox Release Available Today for iOS and Desktop

We’ve added new features so you can browse the web the way you want -- unfettered and free. We’ve also made improvements for IT managers who want more flexibility when using Firefox in the workplace. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Mozilla’s Latest Research Grants: Prioritizing Research for the Internet

We are very happy to announce the results of our Mozilla Research Grants for the first half of 2019. This was an extremely competitive process, and we selected proposals which ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Fixing Antivirus Errors

After the release of Firefox 65 in December, we detected a significant increase in a certain type of TLS error that is often triggered by ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox proposing new funding method directly on browser

The online advertising ecosystem is broken. The majority of digital advertising revenue is going to a small handful of companies, leaving other publishers with scraps. Meanwhile users are on the ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Reinventing Firefox for Android: A Preview

With Firefox Preview, we’re combining the best of what our lightweight Focus application and our current mobile browsers have to offer to create a best in class mobile experience. The new application is powered by Firefox's own mobile browser engine -- GeckoView -- the same high- … | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Hey Advertisers, Track This

If it feels like the ads chasing you across the internet know you a little too well, it’s because they do (unless you’re an avid user of ad blockers, in which case this is not for you). | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Mozilla files FTC comments calling for interoperability to promote competition

Mozilla’s Internet Health Report 2018 explored concentration of power and centralization online through a spotlight article, “Too big tech?”  Five U.S. technology companies often hold the five largest market capitalizations ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Updated GPG Key for Signing Firefox Releases

The GPG key used to sign the Firefox release manifests is expiring soon, and so we're going to be switching over to new key shortly. ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox: The Evolution of a Brand

Branding and brand design for Firefox. Brand identity and brand expression. Firefox web browser brand evolution. Masterbrand and product brand system. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

An unexpected benefit of standardizing on clang-cl

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@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox Personal Data Promise

Take less. Keep it safe. No secrets. The Firefox Personal Data Promise explains the convictions that guide us, and the work we do to honor your privacy in every product we make. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Next steps in privacy-preserving Telemetry with Prio

In late 2018 Mozilla conducted an experiment to collect browser Telemetry data with Prio, a privacy-preserving data collection system developed by Stanford Professor Dan Boneh ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox to unveil brand redesign next week

Today we’re presenting new brand marks for Firefox Monitor and Firefox Lockwise. Lockwise? Yes, that’s the official name for the service we’d nicknamed “Lockbox” during its product development phase. The ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Join Firefox – Take your stand against an industry that’s making you the product

Everyone who uses our products -- from the browser and beyond -- gets powerful privacy protection, and when you join Firefox, you get even more features. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

The web the world needs can be ours again, if we want it

People everywhere are demanding basic consumer protections. We want our food to be healthy to eat, our water to be clean to drink, and our air to be safe to ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

When it comes to privacy, default settings matter

As of today, for new users who download and install Firefox for the first time, Enhanced Tracking Protection will automatically be set on by default, protecting our users from the pervasive tracking and collection of personal data by ad networks and tech companies. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

On June 4th, Firefox will be rolling out this feature, Enhanced Tracking Protection, to all new users on by default, to make it harder for over a thousand companies to track their every move. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

$2.4M in Prizes for Schools Teaching Ethics Alongside Computer Science

Omidyar Network, Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies are announcing the Stage I winners of our Responsible Computer Science Challenge   Today, we are announcing the first winners of ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Block Fingerprinting with Firefox

Fingerprinting is a type of online tracking that’s different from cookies or ordinary trackers. Now you can block fingerprinting with Firefox. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Latest Firefox Release Is Faster Than Ever

Today’s new Firefox release continues to bring fast and private together right at the crossroads of performance and security. It includes improvements that continue to keep Firefox fast while giving you more control and assurance through new features that your personal informatio … | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

How to Block Fingerprinting with Firefox

Fingerprinting is a type of online tracking that’s different from cookies or ordinary trackers. Now you can block fingerprinting with Firefox. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Let Firefox help you block cryptominers from your computer

Firefox will block cryptominers from running energy-sucking operations on your browser without your knowledge or consent. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Latest Firefox Release Is Faster Than Ever

Today’s new Firefox release continues to bring fast and private together right at the crossroads of performance and security. It includes improvements that continue to keep Firefox fast while giving you more control and assurance through new features that your personal informatio … | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

What we do when things go wrong

We strive to make Firefox a great experience. Last weekend we failed, and we’re sorry. There’s more info in this post, but one thing to call out: for anyone who had to enable telemetry to get the initial fix, we’re deleting all of the data collected since May 4th to respect our u … | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox EU Elections Toolkit helps you to prevent pre-vote online manipulation

Firefox tackles pre-vote manipulation today, only a few weeks before the EU Elections – with a dedicated toolkit that enables independent online research and decision-making. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Update Regarding Add-Ons in Firefox

Late on Friday May 3rd, we became aware of an issue with Firefox that prevented existing and new add-ons from running or being installed. We ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Did Cambridge Analytica Help to Create 'Digital Wokeness'?

IRL podcast host Manoush Zomordoi discusses the one good thing that came out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal: digital wokeness. | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago

Firefox Add-On Policy and Process Updates

As part of our ongoing work to make add-ons safer for Firefox users, we are updating our Add-on Policy to help us respond faster to ... | Continue reading


@blog.mozilla.org | 5 years ago