[CentOS] FireFox and Plugins

Sun Nov 6 23:47:09 UTC 2016
Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net>

On 11/06/2016 03:39 PM, Leon Fauster wrote:
> Am 06.11.2016 um 18:37 schrieb Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net>:
>> On 11/04/2016 06:00 AM, Alice Wonder wrote:
>>> On 11/04/2016 05:09 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 10:10:20AM +0000, James Pearson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> With all the talk about deleting a packaged file or rebuilding a base
>>>> package, I'm surprised no one has noticed this solution.  The above is
>>>> most likely the best solution. Easy to deploy through CM, won't be
>>>> overwritten with package updates, and is the best for "Enterprise"
>>>> customers (who deploy to hundreds or thousands of computers).
>>>>
>>>> I'm already using something similar to change the default home page.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you, that looks like what I originally was seeking - a way to
>>> blacklist the plugin.
>>
>> Even with the plugin disabled, it still shows up in browser fingerprinting.
>>
>> Effing firefox, that's just dumb.
>>
>> Time to rebuild the RPM without it. Er, well, I'll wait for CentOS 7.3. Er, um, I mean branch 1611 :P
>
>
> as already suggested - build your own meta package with trigger scripts, to address future updates.
>

Actually kind of just thinking of putting something in cron.hourly to 
remove it. Easier to debug if it doesn't work. KISS.