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They at it again:

So, although it caught my eye on windoze-10, somewhere in updates going to v108 (but pre 108.0.1), FF changed my default Search setting from DDG to Gool !

I also have a boatload of about:config changes to harden FF, I just not sure if any of my changes in there were undone. Not hard to keep config copies for comparison, I just don't do that (a mistake in realm of security).

All that said, for security reasons, if you need to maintain your settings, after updates you need to validate all your FF settings. This is why I always demand "build" or "blueprint" docs to be made on everything.

I got no notice of any kind !
Reference: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...ctlocale=en-US

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Oddly, on another win10 laptop, update to 108.0.1 did not change my default ddg setting.

I am 100% certain I did not change it on 1st system, it's just not something I would do, unless I was sleep walking and using the machine and doing a FF update. I am one of those anti-gool folks. Has me wondering indeed.

That said, just check settings after the update(s).

My FF default search settings didn't change on any of my machines I've upgraded so far (7).