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this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2026
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Is this guy for real?
As opposed to the case where you don't have a link preview, and you click on a website to see what it contains, and they get your IP. The author seems to think Mozilla should have protected our privacy by having someone act as the proxy for the request. Because involving a thirds party that receives all these requests and does work for us for free is absolutely how we protect our privacy.
Yes, a feature clearly designed for pushing onto that juicy "people with mobility impairments" userbase.
I don't like the direction Firefox seems to be headed in, but damn people really enjoy getting outraged over everything they do. Around here they get ten times more shit than any other comparable project.
On the proxy part, they actually already have that and using it for some other parts:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ohttp-explained
TL;DR: Imagine an HTTPS-over-HTTPS proxy. Try to explain it like something groundbreaking without referencing existing tech. Now you have OHTTP.
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/components/mozcachedohttp/docs/index.html
https://www.fastly.com/blog/firefox-fastly-take-another-step-toward-security-upgrade
It makes me scratch my head a bit why I've never see it enabled for DNS-over-HTTP in default stock Firefox config despite it being supported for years - the endpoints are just not configured. You have to know about it and configure the barely documented URL in
about:configfor that. Unlike for newtabpage and the FF shopping feature where OHTTP is used by default. Infra costs?Interestingly, I just interviewed the Waterfox developer, who actually references Oblivious HTTP and his interest in developing this into a paid feature for Waterfox.
That is interesting!
BTW in case you're not aware, direct links to
fedia.iolike the one you posted just lead to a loginwall so you probably don't want to share those publicly. This one viabeehaw.orgworks for everyone, though: https://beehaw.org/post/24563411Ooops, I posted a reply to someone earlier and got it right (and forgot this one). Thanks for the heads up (fixed now)!