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New search icon in adress bar has high security risk to all Firefox user, red alert!

insecureonline
Making moves

Hi,

the new way of putting search icon in the newest Firefox 140 is highly insecure because it can lead to users accidentaly searching for and clicking on fake websites instead of safe websites they have bookmarked - think online banking, finances, other secure websites. Please improve Firefox by giving option to remove it. Firefox is the most secure browser for online banking and financial services in its naked form, or rather has been because this new improvement goes against first rule of accesing secure website - do so from bookmarks, this search icon can be consusing and highly dangerous for less tech experienced user, even for experienced because is so easy to accidentaly click or worse tap in a wrong way and search for website instead of open one bookmarked and compromise ones secure banking login credentials by imputing them into fake website accidentaly accessed by search engine and not the trusted bookmarked. Very dangerous. Please fix this security issue soon. Please keep taking online security seriously. Ever detail matters. Thanks.

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Agentvirtuel
Collaborator

Hello

For information purposes.Take a look at
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/address-bar-updates-now-live-in-firefox-nightly/m-p/77338...

1 - Go to Configuration Editor for Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox
2 - Enter a search term browser.urlbar.trim
You can test, browser.urlbar.trimURLs

insecureonline
Making moves

So you took perfectly simple and secure feature and updated it so now to make it safe and secure I need to "hack" my browser? And do it for people who use Firefox for secure website too? Think of the people, small businesses, companies users that use Firefox, the security risk is unbeliavable. Not even want to think that it might have already done some damage.. Bad update, fix it or you are just ruining Firefox and ruining its reputation. This is harsh comment I know, but seriously! No joke! The default is insecure, not acceptable. Fix it, please!