• qprimed@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    nah, lets get them switched away from chromium based spy machines.

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        7 hours ago

        Can’t install extensions on a work machine but you can add a network wide blocker?

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            5 hours ago

            Wouldn’t a company VPN bypass all that even though you are using your own internet connection to connect to the outside world?

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              3 hours ago

              Maybe, I guess I don’t know enough to answer that. I do know that being on a company VPN isn’t always a requirement, though.

              Either way, I’m not trying to argue for one approach to ad blocking over another as a one-size-fits-all solution, I just wanted to point out that it’s possible to have more control over the network than the computer in some cases.

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        9 hours ago

        sadly, agreed. mindshare leads to adoption, tho - so putting Firefox in front of more faces is always a positive. after all, its how google dominates.

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        8 hours ago

        Depends on how lax the IT department is when it comes to random executables. I was able to move the firefox installer to the appdata root, and run a non-admin install to my user profile.