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The latest version of the Firefox browser for the Android platform appears to have diverged from its old philosophy of giving users control over the way they use the app, with some kind of iron control being wielded over what extensions one uses.

The Mozilla Foundation has begun rolling out encrypted DNS over HTTPS for its Firefox browser by default for users in the US, but has no plans in place for other global regions.

The Mozilla Foundation has issued a fix for a critical bug in Firefox and Firefox ESR that affects users on Windows, macOS and Linux desktops. It says the bug is being exploited in the wild.

The Mozilla Foundation, the organisation that produces the open-source browser Firefox, has released updates to fix the issue with the browser that prevented users from downloading extensions and also rendered any existing extension unusable.

Any measure that permits a government to lay down specifications for the design of Internet systems would cause significant risk to the security, stability and trust of such systems, the Mozilla Foundation has said in a submission about Australia's proposed encryption bill.

More than four years after Microsoft's internal bug-tracking database was hacked, details have emerged about the incident, only the second known break-in of such a database, via five ex-workers.

An employee of Mozilla based in Sweden has been denied entry to the US to attend a meeting called by the foundation which is known for its Firefox browser and other open-source software.

The Mozilla Foundation has urged the White House to put in place bug bounties for those who find vulnerabilities in Internet-connected devices, in order that attacks of the sort that hit domain name services provider Dynamic Network Services, otherwise known as Dyn, last week can be avoided.

Mozilla has redesigned its popular Firefox browser, giving it a whole new look for Winter.

Mozilla co-founder and CEO Brendan Eich, who came under fire this week for donating to a campaign to ban gay marriage in California, has stepped down effective immediately.

The Mozilla Foundation has debuted its new smartphone and tablet operating system, Firefox OS with backing from an impressive range of telcos, including Telstra and Optus' parent SingTel and with a number of handset vendors committed to supporting it.