Re: TW Firefox 151.0.4 - pushing World Cup Widget Ads to users??

Op woensdag 17 juni 2026 08:11:24 Midden-Europese zomertijd schreef Herbert 
Renkewitz:
> Am 17.06.26 um 03:44 schrieb David C Rankin:
> > All, Devs,
> > 
> >    What on earth is going on with firefox in openSUSE? I updated TW
> > 
> > today to 20260615 and immediately upon switching to the newtab page I'm
> > hit with an ad for a World Cup widget that will automatically be
> > installed if I restart firefox. What on earth is going on with openSUSE
> > firefox?
> > 
> >    Searching a bit in the registry I run across new entries in
> > 
> > about:config at:
> > 
> > browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.sports.worldCup.matchesEndpoint
> > 
> > browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.sports.worldCup.teamsEndpoint
> > 
> >    Both are set to URLs similar to:
> > https://merino.services.mozilla.com/api/v1/wcs/teams
> > 
> >    Don't we sanitize firefox so the disto packages don't put out ads?
> > 
> > It's just tacky.
> 
> Good Morning,
> 
> I don’t think the update is the cause. I’m using the same version and
> don’t have those entries.
> Perhaps they’re coming from an add-on or an infected website Iyou have
> visited.
> 
> Greetings
> Herbert
Don't think so. Seeing it too. 

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