Intro There’s a new Sync back-end! The past year or so has been a year of a lot of changes and some of those changes broke things. Our group reorganized, we moved from IRC to Matrix, and a few ...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2020/09/15/the-future-of-sync/
Several years ago we started a geolocation experiment called the Mozilla Location Service (MLS) to create a location service built on open-source software and powered through crowdsourced locatio...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2019/09/03/a-new-policy-for-mozilla-location-service/
Over the past few months the Firefox Accounts team have been working on making users more aware of Firefox Account and the benefits of having an account. This phase had an emphasis on our desktop...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2019/04/16/making-firefox-accounts-more-transparent-in-firefox/
WebPush does more than let you know you’ve got an upcoming calendar appointment or bug you about subscribing to a site’s newsletter (particularly one you just visited and have zero interest i...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2018/10/03/upcoming-push-shield-study/
The Firefox Accounts team is in the process of releasing a new feature called Account Recovery. Previously, when a user resets their password, they would be given new encryption keys and could po...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2018/09/26/account-recovery-keys-in-firefox-accounts/
Two-step authentication in Firefox Accounts Starting on 5/23/2018, we are beginning a phased rollout to allow Firefox Accounts users to opt into two-step authentication. If you enable this fea...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2018/05/22/two-step-authentication-in-firefox-accounts/
The Firefox Accounts team recently introduced the ability for a user to change their primary email address. Being one of the main developers to work this feature, I wanted to share my experience ...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2018/03/08/changing-your-primary-email-in-firefox-accounts/
One of the common questions we get working on the Web Push backend team, is “How do I broadcast a Push message to all my customers?” The short answer is, you don’t. In the early days, I use...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2017/10/10/why-webpush-doesnt-allow-broadcast/
This article is a continuing series about using and working with WebPush and Mozilla’s WebPush service. This article is not meant to be a general guide, but instead offer suggestions and insigh...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2017/02/23/managing-push-subscriptions/
Today we are beginning a phased roll out of a new account management feature to Firefox Accounts users. This new feature aims to give users a clear overview of all services attached to the accoun...
https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2016/10/06/device-management-coming-to-your-firefox-account/