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silversconfused | 6 years ago

There's no reason for local software to stop working when a remote server is unavailable, reconfigured, neglected, or your clock is wrong. They are doomed if they think this is sustainable.

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dralley|6 years ago

That is not what happened. A certificate built into the Firefox installation expired. It had nothing to do with "remote servers".

silversconfused|6 years ago

It was a time bomb to disable functionality after a certain date and should never have been there in the first place. The decision to silently disable the override in about:config is just more evidence of how sick this it. This is not software empowering the user. This is software assuming the user is a moron who may break it.