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

Am 17.06.26 um 08:32 schrieb Knurpht:
> 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.
> 

You’re probably right. I’ve had all "activity-streams" disabled on my 
installation for quite some time, as described here, for example:

https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_21d5.htm (sorry, german)

That’s probably why I was spared