Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] firefox managed by my organization?
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 03:58:23
Message-Id: 20200303035812.GA4414@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] firefox managed by my organization? by n952162
1 On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 11:16:52PM +0100, n952162 wrote
2 > I have a banner that says that "your browser is being managed by your
3 > organization". Oh yeah? I guess that would be gentoo. How can I break
4 > that relationship?
5
6 Do you have Avast and/or AVG anti-virus? See
7 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1264369 (Firefox) and
8 https://www.howtogeek.com/410106/why-does-chrome-say-its-managed-by-your-organization/
9 (Chrome). Some browsers have started to report when they detect
10 external control, whether by Windows policies, or Avast/AVG. Firefox
11 seems to be following the lead of Chrome here.
12
13 --
14 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
15 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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