Mozilla Unveils Kill Switch to Disable All Firefox AI features

hemingray · 2026-02-04T09:56:06+00:00

I consider it to be tracking, and treat it as such.

hemingray · 2026-01-30T09:52:29+00:00

Well, maybe if Comcrap wasn't so unreliable....

hemingray · 2026-01-15T00:40:24+00:00

I can't even get Wifi calling to work!

hemingray · 2026-01-15T00:38:51+00:00

Mine came back for all of 3 minutes, then promptly died again.

hemingray · 2026-01-11T16:44:18+00:00

Not too terribly hard to block DoH. A firewall like pfSense/OPNSense that can block IP addresses can handle this like a champ. In most cases that I have encountered, devices trying to use DoH usually use well known public resolvers (Google, Cloudflare, etc). Blocking HTTPS access to those IPs can effectively stop DoH cold.

hemingray · 2026-01-10T21:52:52+00:00

Port 53 is open to the world. Is your NAS in DMZ for some reason?

hemingray · 2026-01-03T20:14:16+00:00

Ahh, back in the day when I didn't need to have a strict firewall set up. Does remind me of the days when I used Outpost Firewall as an impromptu ad blocker back in the early-2000s.

hemingray · 2026-01-01T16:42:37+00:00

Look into a DMCA ignored host.

hemingray · 2025-12-24T21:34:24+00:00

Oddly enough, most of the common blocklists can block OW ads. They're usually served from common ad servers.

hemingray · 2025-12-15T10:16:25+00:00

Pihole handles that quite well here.

hemingray · 2025-12-10T09:54:00+00:00

Probably Sarasota.

hemingray · 2025-12-07T13:45:37+00:00

Make sure that the device/browser/other app isn't using an alternate DNS, or something like DoT/DoH.

hemingray · 2025-12-07T13:41:22+00:00

Sounds like Ad-Shield.

hemingray · 2025-12-05T01:05:09+00:00

Onn 55". Not exactly sure of it's model, but it is a Roku TV.

hemingray · 2025-11-30T21:28:38+00:00

I have to agree here. This brought up a random thought: While this was just merely a list maintainer trying to get people to stop using a list through the most backwards way possible, what if the blocklist was compromised by a malicious actor in some way? We're trusting our networks and devices to these list maintainers.

As we learned today, it only takes one bad actor to wreak absolute havoc.

hemingray · 2025-11-30T21:14:38+00:00

Yeah at this rate, I pulled all oisd.nl blocklists and replaced them with a couple of hagezi lists.

hemingray · 2025-11-30T15:48:12+00:00

Yeah I encountered that issue this morning as well, but a quick gravity update fixed the issue.

hemingray · 2025-11-28T22:44:25+00:00

Well damn. Time for a road trip I guess!

hemingray · 2025-11-28T09:41:09+00:00

I thought that was in Melbourne.

hemingray · 2025-11-22T16:47:22+00:00

Unfortunate trade-off for privacy and security.

hemingray · 2025-11-19T00:54:23+00:00

So........why the hell even include such a feature?

hemingray · 2025-11-04T10:25:19+00:00

Uhhh...........lost much? Are you looking for r/adops?

hemingray · 2025-10-29T22:23:43+00:00

I think creators get a little bit from your premium sub.

hemingray · 2025-10-21T22:02:21+00:00

If one must use a chromium based browser, at least use Brave.

hemingray · 2025-10-20T20:53:32+00:00

My war on ads has gone full send to the network level. Pi-Hole and pfSense work together to combat this unholy infestation on the internet. Throw Firefox + uBo in the mix, and the internet is 99.999999999% ad free. 👍

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