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Firefox made a security upgrade and now google and many sites I go to only produce blank screens. Don't what this is or where to find it to get back to normal!
Firefox made a security upgrade and now google and many sites I go to only produce blank screens. Don't what this is or where to find it to get back to normal!
All help appreciated!
TBNK
What version of Firefox?
What add-ons are you running?
What happens if you disable all add-ons?
What have you tried to troubleshoot the problem?
What version of Firefox?
What add-ons are you running?
What happens if you disable all add-ons?
What have you tried to troubleshoot the problem?
SCasey,
Answered this a nonth ago, but see that somehow it did not post.
Code:
FF Version: 66.0.3 (64-bit) FF for Ubuntu,
Addons: AD Block Plus,
Download Status Bar,
No Script,
Ghostery,
Duckduckgo.
Disabled: No Change.
Troubleshooting: It all started with a "FF" popup stating security had changed, but there was no "Information" button/response to find additional info and what the effects might be, but the blank pages were the direct result. Now even google.com is a blank page.
The IISC mandated "secure browsing" in 2005 which means FF has to have AD Block Plus, No Script and Ghostery added to be in "secure mode" and only FF can be secured.
Wondering if FF added the capabilities on one or more of these, so now they conflict. Should've included such info, before allowing an update to FF!
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Originally Posted by TBotNik
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The IISC mandated "secure browsing" in 2005 which means FF has to have AD Block Plus, No Script and Ghostery added to be in "secure mode" and only FF can be secured.
Wondering if FF added the capabilities on one or more of these, so now they conflict. Should've included such info, before allowing an update to FF!
TBNK
please link to this IISC and the explanations. I have seen this in your response to another thread, also, but no explanation as to what it is.
The IISC mandated "secure browsing" in 2005 which means FF has to have AD Block Plus, No Script and Ghostery added to be in "secure mode" and only FF can be secured.
Mandating "secure browsing" is fine (whatever IISC is), but tying that to three particular AddOns is nonsense. Especially since at least one of them has been known to sneakily exploit user data.
Could not find an answer to this, but seems most of the blanks were caused by conflicts between old and new security addons. Still getting some blanks but marking this solved as most are gone now.
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