I was also a little concerned when I saw this in the release notes earlier today. Why not make this opt-in (with a warning explaining the reasoning behind it) rather than opt-out via about:config?!
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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Seems to be much ado about nothing currently. Even in the release notes it clarified that this feature is not yet included and the quarantine list will be shared once ready (and will at first be mostly test domains). The blog seems to be wildly speculating on its intended use and possible impacts given the knowledge currently available
Why? This is like some authoritarian clause in a new law being introduced with a reassurance that it will only be used for national security purpose. I feel the author is correct until more explanation is given. Even then it does not look good to me.
The major problem here is that they already somewhat revealed this "feature" but keep details hidden as if they were "top secret".
This will now get "shit talked" to the sky and beyond and all that Mozilla had to do to prevent this is adding one or two sentences why this feature is good for their users.
Doesn't look all that silent to me?