Installing the Firefox PPA and using the latest version (then 127) seemed to sort it.

There is a new firefox-esr version coming out that will be based on Firfox 128. Not sure when this will hit the repositories. but I have version 128 from the Firefox PPA

 deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/packages.mozilla.org.asc] https://packages.mozilla.org/apt mozilla main

The instructions on how to install the latest version automatically are here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/in … tributions

However there is an issue in that Firefox 118 has a new section in Settings:

Web Site Advertising Preferences
[X] Allow web sites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement
This helps sites understand how their ads perform without collecting data about you.

And this is enabled by default.

Will Debian (or failing that Devuan) change this default behavior for the firefox-esr that will land in the Debian/Devuan repositories?

Yes, same here.

But only to change any of the entries in previously used/verified transfer destinations or to add a new one.
Those are mostly public service accounts, municipal taxes, appartment building maintenance fees or other such payments.

Not at the moment.

Eventually, we will all get screwed over.
Repeatedly and on a daily basis.

I don't need to use my cell phone for anything but making/receiving phone calls or receiving the ocassional text message.

If I need to take photos, I have a relatively decent camera for that.
And when that is not enough, I have a pair of old smartphones which I received as gifts (no SIM installed) which have very nice screens and cameras.

I have no use for (4G) access to the web with a smartphone, never considered it to be convenient in any way.

Best,

A.

My cell phone is a very nicely working 3G Blackberry 9320, thank you very much.

Once a month I walk to an ATM and transfer the whole of my pension to the other bank.

Hello!
I'm afraid they will simply leave us no choice.
For now, my push-button phone is enough for me (I charge it once, rarely twice a month), it receives an SMS from the bank when I log in from the computer.
I don’t know about you, but we charge a fee for such a bank transfer.
I don’t know what will happen next.
And secondly, all life is increasingly adapting to smartphone, NFC technology, etc.

P.S. And sometimes today the choice of a smartphone has advantages. A specific example of my conditions - ZTE Blade A51 provides 4G without recharging for 1.5...2 days. Laptop - 4...6 hours.

Same here but in only one bank out of two I use.

But then that second bank decided that I can only do home banking by doing 2FA with a smartphone and only with a smartphone (!)
I have no with 2FA, it is necessary/essential but only with a smartphone? -> Just a metadata harvesting scheme.

I was unable get them to do it via text msg to my cellphone (much safer/secure), like other banks (still) do.
Or to understand that not every one has/needs or wants a smartphone.

So I told them to FO.
Won't catch me doing any banking authentications with a smartphone.
My cell phone is a very nicely working 3G Blackberry 9320, thank you very much.

Once a month I walk to an ATM and transfer the whole of my pension to the other bank.

Curiously enough, I was able to work around the problem with this other bank last using a LibreWolf.x86_64.AppImage v.123.0.1-1, with uBlock Origin 1.58.0 and Pihole 5.18.3+Unbound 1.13.1 running in a Chimaera VM inside my Daedalus box, all behind a FO router and a passive Gigabit switch.

All this while the latest PaleMoon (33.2.0) and Firefox (115.12.0esr) will not work.
No, I have not tried and will not try with Chrome ...

Best,

A.

Is there even the equivalent to the script/add blocking plugin system for chrome?

uBlock Origin works just fine and has an option to block JS and also options to block stuff with a click..

Andre4freedom wrote:
Good luck to file complaints to those corporate WEB-sites.... I can imagine the outcome.

I can say from being on the Pale Moon forum, which suffers from this problem even worse than Firefox, that the usual outcome is to be told "Use Chrome."

And it's not only the sites that are the problem, but also Gooble which has the power to change internet/browsing/web standards, and who also happens to have the most used browser. It's a case of the fox guarding the hen house.

We might try filing customer service complaints with the websites that only work with Chrome. But I suspect it's too late. Firefox is now 1 percent or less of usage and they won't care. Where are the antitrust investigators now?