Mozilla: CFAA, New Firefox, and Firefox Nightly

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Mozilla Privacy Blog: The Van Buren decision is a strong step forward for public interest research online
In a victory for security research and other public interest work, yesterday the U.S Supreme Court held that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act’s (CFAA) “exceeding authorized access” provision should be narrowly interpreted and cannot be used to criminalize every single violation of a computer-use policy. This is encouraging news for journalists, bug bounty hunters, social science researchers, and many other practitioners who could legitimately access information in a myriad of ways but were at the risk of being prosecuted as criminals.
As we stated in our joint amicus brief to the Court in July 2020, over the years some federal circuit courts had interpreted the CFAA so broadly as to threaten important practices to protect the public, including research and disclosure of software vulnerabilities by those in the security community. The scope of such broad interpretation went beyond security management and has also been used to stifle legitimate public interest research, such as looking into the advertising practices of online platforms, something Mozilla has pushed back against in the past.
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Linux Release Roundup #21.23: Firefox 89, Pop!_OS 21.04 Beta, and More New Releases
Firefox 89 is a major update that involves UI makeover along with several new features and improvements.
Will it be enough to convince Chrome users to switch? You should check out our coverage to find out.
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Firefox Nightly: These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 95
Firefox 89 released this week! This version includes a major UI redesign and thoughtful touches throughout. See the release notes here.
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