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miles on Nov 4, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: ShareDrop – P2P File Transfer Using WebRTC

Why risk installing an add-on when you can achieve the same end just by using about:config to set media.peerconnection.enabled to false?

cerberusss on Nov 4, 2019 | [–]

My thought was, that the extension is very easy to switch on/off. However since installing, I have never wanted WebRTC to be on...

nerdponx on Nov 4, 2019 | [–]

Why hide basic configuration in an under-documented use-at-your-own-risk settings editor?

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