How do rss feeds work in firefox

I will keep my eyes out for an open source RSS app that doesn't track you but for now I will use Thunderbird on desktop. I am just surprised that it is so easy to install add-ons that easily handover a dangerous amount of user data with little to no warning to users.

Maybe Firefox could be a little more liberal with their user warnings to users about the possibilities of compromised logins. Search Support Search. Learn More. Is this not a massive security problem? Am I misunderstanding something? Thanks for any clarification! Chosen solution By default, Firefox now treats RSS feeds as downloads which you can open in an external feed reader.

Don Question owner. What addons are you referring to? As something to test note these support forum pages have feeds available can you add them using the icon? I tried that but only got to subscribe to the feed once by going to a page with a valid feed, then returning. I think that's actually a bug. Search Support Search. Learn More.

Chosen solution Try this variant as a bookmarklet. Answer questions and improve our knowledge base. Search Support Search. Home Firefox Customize controls, Feed reader replacements for Firefox. Table of Contents 1 Replacements for the built-in feed reader 2 What will happen to my existing Live Bookmarks?