Hi   !
Would you take a look at this:
www.ghacks.net/2014/07/25/firefox-cut-tie-remove-things-google-browser/

Happy112 said

Hi   !
Would you take a look at this:
www.ghacks.net/2014/07/25/firefox-cut-tie-remove-things-google-browser/

While I appreciate the attempt at humor, www.ghacks.net attempts to connect to: 216.58.194.115 (AS15169 Google Inc.) and my blocks don't allow that.

I'm still looking on how to get rid of them. Personally, I don't trust Google and see no reason why my browser should.

yynxs said

While I appreciate the attempt at humor

Sorry to disappoint you,   but I wasn't trying to be funny;   just clueless, apparantly.

I'm still looking on how to get rid of them.

Please, don't take this the wrong way,   but could it be that maybe after removing them you forgot to press the   'OK' button   ?

Happy112 said

yynxs said

While I appreciate the attempt at humor

Sorry to disappoint you,   but I wasn't trying to be funny;   just clueless, apparantly.

I'm still looking on how to get rid of them.

Please, don't take this the wrong way,   but could it be that maybe after removing them you forgot to press the   'OK' button   ?

I've done some telephone support and its a valid question. No. I've clicked OK in both places, after the 'delete' and leaving the option.

'Been searching some more and finally found this:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454782

The "Other" tab in the Certificate Manager is a bit mysterious. If I select a certificate and click View, the description on the certificate viewer includes the word "Bogus" which suggests this is saved as a flag to distrust this certificate if it is seen in the wild. (See attached screenshot.)

Anyway, I don't know if it's possible to permanently remove the "Builtin" certificates.

Happy112 said

'Been searching some more and finally found this:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454782

Thank you for the response. Yes. I tried restarting firefox before because that's a normal consequence of addons change. Just to make sure, I did it again just now. Still there.

jscher2000 said

The "Other" tab in the Certificate Manager is a bit mysterious. If I select a certificate and click View, the description on the certificate viewer includes the word "Bogus" which suggests this is saved as a flag to distrust this certificate if it is seen in the wild. (See attached screenshot.) Anyway, I don't know if it's possible to permanently remove the "Builtin" certificates.

Thank you for the response. I checked what you said and it does appear as 'bogus' and expiring 2014. If it was a redirect of a possible fake cert I would expect it to be labeled as such. Looking in the other tabs I see Chinese issuing authorities are also listed as builtin. Although a separate issue, I'm beginning to think something else is going on. Thank you for that pointer.

If the certificate came with  Firefox   (i.e.   in the   'Built-in Object Token'), &nbsp you cannot delete it at all,   because it's stored in read-only code.

Happy112 said

If the certificate came with  Firefox   (i.e.   in the   'Built-in Object Token'), &nbsp you cannot delete it at all,   because it's stored in read-only code.

I was afraid of that. I've found Google code blocking breaking a lot of things including US and State government web sites where, except for the US Patent Office, their tracking my contact with my governement has become ubiquitous.

I was hoping it was just an unknown about:config change. I will take a look at the code with resource hacker, et al. and see if there are some internal code self-checks that altering the executable causes full browser breakage.

Thank you very much for the sincerity and politeness of your responses. I usually get a lot of vitriol when I dare to try to remove Google from my life.