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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Interesting Firefox Problem
From: Nathan <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:27:29 +0200 (CEST)
Firefox is my default browser and I have no such issues.

Cheers,

Nathan


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> 
>     On 30 April 2019 at 17:16 Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     For months now I have been experiencing a substantial slowing when 
> reading webmail, due entirely to fonts.googleapis.com. This only happens with 
> Firefox, not IE11. I just now learned that newer versions of Firefox ignore 
> the hosts file, which answers a lot of other questions. If you're not 
> familiar with that, the hosts file is your first and foremost firewall when 
> using a Microsoft OS. That answers the question as to why intruders like 
> cloudfront and 1e100 come screaming through even though I have them in the 
> hosts file.
> 
>     Searching online, Mozilla does not seem to be the least bit concerned 
> with the issue. That being the case, Firefox has become a liability and I may 
> find myself going back to IE11 solely on the basis of the security issue.
> 
>     Chris
> 
>     When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> 
>         * Hunter S. Thompson
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