Seems like this may be what's doing it for Snort. If I uninstall alby or have it locked I get this error. Thing is I prefer not using alby (using nos2x-fox instead) but Snort absolutely refuses to work unless I'm running alby. Weird.
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I got it nos2x working on Libre Wolf so it has to work on firefox. Althought i did have try setting it up twice before it worked.