2015830 - Enable `dom.webnotifications.block_if_on_safebrowsing` by default

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Permission Manager, enhancement)

Description

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

We should enable the pref https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/rev/a4d90d145864bee938bb23cb2684d64bff032431/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml#5868-5871 for all channels by default.

Comment 1

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Attachment: Bug 2015830 - Enable `dom.webnotifications.block_if_on_safebrowsing` by default. r=saschanaz!

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/36a886f4e6f0
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/71dba5636bd2
Enable `dom.webnotifications.block_if_on_safebrowsing` by default. r=saschanaz

Comment 3

[Emma Zühlcke [:emz]]

Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated)
[Why is this notable]:
Sites on the safebrowsing list, e.g. for phishing will now be blocked from sending notifications and they will have their notification permissions revoked. This is particularly relevant for cases where a user grants notification permission and the site only gets listed on safebrowsing later.

[Affects Firefox for Android]:
Yes, it's a platform level feature.

[Suggested wording]:
Firefox now automatically blocks notifications and permanently revokes permissions for any website flagged as malicious by SafeBrowsing. This prevents unsafe sites from sending background notifications to users, commonly used for ads, spam or phishing.

Comment 4

[pstanciu]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/71dba5636bd2

Comment 5

[Pascal Chevrel (relman team) -> :pascalc]

Note added to our 149 nightly release notes, I am keeping the relnote-firefox? flag set until we include this note in our final 149 release notes, thanks.