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Taha Ahmed<p>I have completed writing an Ansible role to self-host Firefox Sync server. Thanks to Ansible being just YAML, I hope others can be helped even without running the role by simply reading the code, comments, and commit messages.</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/ansible/mozilla-syncserver" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/ansible/mozilla-s</span><span class="invisible">yncserver</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toots.nu/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> <a href="https://toots.nu/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> <a href="https://toots.nu/tags/Ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ansible</span></a> <a href="https://toots.nu/tags/codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codeberg</span></a></p>
pospi<p>I really want to keep using &amp; supporting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gecko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gecko</span></a> but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> is going down the toilet- what to do?</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> desktop -&gt; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibreWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreWolf</span></a> (that was easy, simply copied my profile and it all came back exactly as before)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> mobile -&gt; <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IronFox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronFox</span></a> (also easy on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Accrescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accrescent</span></a> store)</p><p>I can still use <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> on both which is nice 'cos I am not quite ready to leave that convenience yet.</p><p>Now it's mostly just a matter of replacing my dependency on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pocket</span></a> (compiled out of LibreWolf), but that was on my list of services to deprecate anyway...</p>
alster<p><strong>Umzug zu LibreWolf anstelle von Firefox.</strong></p><p>Inklusive Profil mitnehmen und Standardbrowsereinstellungen, wenn nicht von selbst geschehen. </p><p><a href="https://blog.alster.space/umzug-zu-librewolf.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.alster.space/umzug-zu-librewolf.html</a> </p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/firefox" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FireFox</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/librewolf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibreWolf</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/webbrowser" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebBrowser</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/www" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WWW</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/firefoxsync" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FireFoxSync</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/debian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/xfce" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XFCE</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.alster.space/tag/xdg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XDG</a></p>
🌅Rí Rua🏔️<p>What's an adequate alternative to Firefox Sync?</p><p>I use it to synchronise tabs (send between devices), save history and bookmarks. I knwo there used to be good add-ons but I do not remember their names.</p><p>I already use Bitwarden (in EU) for passwords.</p><p><a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireFox</span></a> <a href="https://gts.eunach.scot/tags/firefoxsync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a></p>
Yann Büchau :nixos:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@joeyh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joeyh</span></a></span> </p><p>Good idea! Transition from :firefox: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> to :librewolf: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LibreWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreWolf</span></a> was super easy and everything works as usual after enabling <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> in the settings and loggin in.</p><p><a href="https://gitlab.com/nobodyinperson/nixconfig/-/commit/9b8ab8dd732f3110d3765a211258bd4288ca6574" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/nobodyinperson/nixc</span><span class="invisible">onfig/-/commit/9b8ab8dd732f3110d3765a211258bd4288ca6574</span></a></p>
Hessenhelden<p>Ich vermute mal meine Filterlisten und Regeln sind einfach zu Groß für die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sync</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uBlock_Origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlock_Origin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBO</span></a></p>
James House-Lantto (He/Him)<p><a href="https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-reason-to-use-firefox-is-sync-that-actually-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">howtogeek.com/the-best-reason-</span><span class="invisible">to-use-firefox-is-sync-that-actually-works/</span></a></p><p>This article has a point to make, in short, regardless of privacy, speed, or any other feature, one really good reason to use Firefox, is a sync system that just plain works.</p><p>You can share bookmarks, open tabs, recently closed dabs, history and just about anything else between any Firefox browser, be it desktop, mobile, or whatever. It just plain works.</p><p>The article goes into more depth, but that's the gist of it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a></p>
Marcel Waldvogel<p>"Thing is: <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Sync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sync</span></a> was built with privacy in mind. It was encrypting all data from the very start, by default. <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a>’s goal was never monetizing this data.</p><p><a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> on the other hand built a sync service that allowed them to collect all of users’ data, with a tiny encryption shim on top of it."</p><p>If you don't want Google to see (and <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/censor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censor</span></a>!) your bookmarks: Enable <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/SyncPassphrase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SyncPassphrase</span></a>. Or better: Switch to Firefox!<br><a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/ChromeSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChromeSync</span></a><br><a href="https://palant.info/2023/08/29/chrome-sync-privacy-is-still-very-bad/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">palant.info/2023/08/29/chrome-</span><span class="invisible">sync-privacy-is-still-very-bad/</span></a></p>
CryptGoat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@richards" class="u-url mention">@<span>richards</span></a></span> Will @mozilla@mozilla.social ever release the code to a <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> server that does not use <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Python2" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Python2</span></a>?</p>
pootriarch ⏚<p>ok everyone what's your favorite variant of <a href="https://polyglot.city/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a>? i haven't used vanilla firefox as primary because of the below, but maybe there's a variant.</p><p>1. <a href="https://polyglot.city/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a>: i don't trust it. they claim e2e hashing voodoo, but there's one password, and they know it. i would really like sync though<br>2. librewolf: is *too* aggressive and can't be my everyday primary</p><p>but my chromium variant will be made shitty any day now, so need a plan</p>
CryptGoat<p>Wieso lassen sich im <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Firefox</span></a> für <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Android</span></a> bzw. <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fennec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fennec</span></a> eigentlich keine Lesezeichen exportieren? Nein, ich will euren ollen Sync-Dienst nicht <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mozilla</span></a>, von dem ihr es nicht schafft den aktuellen code offen zu legen. 🙄 Hat vielleicht jemand noch eine andere Idee?<br /><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/FirefoxAndroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FirefoxAndroid</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a></p>
rugk<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@frumble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frumble</span></a></span> Für ottonormalos die es nur im browser benötigten, reicht abspeichern im Firefox und e2e verschlüsselt via <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> auf allen Geräten nutzen.</p>
anonimno<p><a href="https://decatec.de/home-server/nextcloud-lesezeichen-synchronisieren-mit-chrome-firefox/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">decatec.de/home-server/nextclo</span><span class="invisible">ud-lesezeichen-synchronisieren-mit-chrome-firefox/</span></a></p><p>Got <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/nextcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nextcloud</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bookmarks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookmarks</span></a> up and running with this tutorial in 5min. Imported my bookmarks from <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> and deleted my <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/firefoxsync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefoxsync</span></a> account.</p>
Joachim<p>Quick question about <a href="https://boitam.eu/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a>: is there a way to see a list of tabs that have been recently sent to a device?</p><p><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1331367" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.mozilla.org/en-US/ques</span><span class="invisible">tions/1331367</span></a></p>
Joachim<p>J'ai une question à propos de <a href="https://boitam.eu/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> : comment est-ce que je peux avoir la liste des onglets récemment envoyés à un appareil ? Mon Firefox n'a pas affiché les onglets que j'y avais envoyé pendant un mois, c'est un peu nul.</p><p><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1331367" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.mozilla.org/en-US/ques</span><span class="invisible">tions/1331367</span></a></p>
FuyuhikoDate<p>Do you use Firefox Sync?<br>And if no or something different, would you please be so kindly and say why/ what?<br>Like always: retoots welcome<br><a href="https://s.knusper-land.de/tags/fedipoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedipoll</span></a><br><a href="https://s.knusper-land.de/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a><br><a href="https://s.knusper-land.de/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a></p>
der dorifer<p>Firefox sync auf den eigenen Server umstellen ✅ <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/firefoxsync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefoxsync</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/yunohost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yunohost</span></a></p>
🍒🌳 Hartmut Goebel<p>Can I use <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> to synchronize <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Thunderbird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderbird</span></a> settings?</p><p>(There is a feature request open since 12 years <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/446444" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bugzilla.mozilla.org/446444</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, but maybe there is another way.)</p>
🍒🌳 Hartmut Goebel<p>I want to sync my <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> settings while interacting with <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> as few as possible. What are my possibilities?</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/FirefoxSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxSync</span></a> seems to be heavy to set up - and overdose when used for a few users only.</p><p>(Using Mozilla's services would be acceptable for me if I can trigger usage manually. Syncing once a week or even month would be okay.)</p>