AI Context Menu is still displayed if browser.ml.chat.enabled is set to false:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1994785
"Ask an AI Chatbot" context menu is not hidden, even if Machie Learning is disabled:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1995119
Mozilla has pretty much ignored this issue for an entire month.
Unfortunately, "configuration" is the survey. I detest both configuration and surveys. Modify the open source code and rip out the Artificial Inference code because Firefox is open source, or build software from scratch: servo, ladybird, your own web browser based on a survey.
Firefox also collects usage data if individual features (which can also be disabled), so they’ll learn about the adoption soon enough.
And then they constantly try to shove it into their products, with no way to disable it. I'm assuming the user data would show that quite a lot of people would turn it off, so to not ruin your own statistics for the next shareholder/investor meeting, you need to force them
You would be wrong — outside of the Hacker News bubble very few people mess with their default settings, in any app.
Exacerbating the matter is there is zero disclosure on Mozilla's part detailing exactly what information is sent to 3rd party servers as part of its AI rollout in FF 145. Would you risk your license on some FOMO AI rollout in FF that, unless you, as the lawyer or doctor, have stepped though each line of the tens of thousands of lines of FF code associated with this new AI to meet your ethical obligation and answer the bar or medical board's inquiry on whether client/patient information has been sent to a 3rd party?
Without the ability to completely disable and turn all AI submissions off, Mozilla's "Trust Us" position doesn't allow anyone with such a duty to meet it. This is before you even get to confidential and proprietary or trade-secret type information applicable in any professional setting.
These are all vexing questions from a legal standpoint.
- My understanding is that OCSP stapling stops leaks, because the browser can get OCSP data from the server instead of needing to fetch it separately.
- Last I heard, Firefox was in the process of removing OCSP responder checks (precisely for privacy reasons) in favor of CRLite-based revocation checks—are you sure they didn’t remove whatever setting you’re referring to from the UI because it’s no longer relevant?
Ah...you ask which ones need to be disabled? Find it yourself. You have the right to disable it.
> The Mozilla Manifesto: Principle 9
> Commercial involvement in the development of the internet brings many benefits; a balance between commercial profit and public benefit is critical.
If you don’t open that, I’d be surprised if anything was instantiated or sent at all.
genezeta•2mo ago
My about:config settings still disable the stuff. I get no AI Context Menu.
pera•2mo ago
I believe these are all the settings I have disabled for AI:
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.chat.menu
browser.ml.chat.page
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
browser.ml.chat.shortcuts
browser.ml.chat.sidebar
browser.ml.enable
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnable
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
extensions.ml.enabled
sidebar.notification.badge.aichat
Am I missing anything?
genezeta•2mo ago
microflash•2mo ago
I do have these additional settings.
browser.ml.chat.maxLength=0 browser.ml.chat.prompt.prefix="{}" browser.ml.chat.prompts.0="{}" browser.ml.chat.prompts.1="{}" browser.ml.chat.prompts.3="{}" browser.ml.chat.prompts.4="{}" browser.ml.chat.shortcuts.custom=false browser.ml.linkPreview.longPress=false browser.ml.modelHubRootUrl="example.com"
genezeta•2mo ago