Firefox Sync transfers bookmarks to local files ("file:" scheme) (probably it shouldn't)

Firefox Sync transfers local files' links ("file:" URI scheme)

just an update... this is really starting to freak me out for sure. I've just had another InDesign file I created this morning disappear from my local folder on my mac. It actually is lost now as Time Machine doesn't have reference to it, so I have to recreate it again...
The only thing I can think of that seemed out of the ordinary is I got a 'Sync failed' message this morning and I noticed my synced fonts not working (only got 2 but I really needed them for an update to a project - so that gave me a scare as well). Anyway it seemed to get back on track but it was just after I created this file.
This is really making me think of ditching the file sync thing. Any response from someone in the know would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew

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