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Wasn’t this just a change in the wording? They added a similar text in another file.
no, they do sell your data, they just make an effort to anonymize it:
We still put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share with our partners (which we need to do to make Firefox commercially viable) is stripped of any identifying information, or shared only in the aggregate, or is put through our privacy preserving technologies (like OHTTP).
they used to think this technically didn’t count as “selling your data”, but some privacy laws are better written than they thought.
Mozilla tried to explain this change by, IIRC, claiming you had misunderstood, and that their behaviors ran afoul of the legal definition of “sell”. They did not clarify what they were doing, which could be counted as “sale.”
Ironically, after eroding almost all the trust in even much of their die-hard user base, they recently announced an AI initiative to “build the world’s most trusted software company”
(edit: fixed link)
an AI initiative to “build the world’s most trusted software company”
That’s like fucking for virginity 🙄
IIRC they just moved that text elsewhere
edit: MY BAD I RECALLED INCORRECTLY
Looking at the ars technica article shared in this thread, that does not seem to be the case. They just removed it.
Yeah, but how will the Brave shills shill their crypto slop by telling the truth?
Not everyone who opposes Firefox is a cryptodick. The person above is incorrect. Use a fork that doesn’t send telemetry, or get a pihole, sure, but pretending like this isn’t a disgusting betrayal by the only decent browser available is just factually inaccurate.
Not saying FF is free of fault or anything, far from it, but moving text is a disgusting betrayal? really?
Again, the person above is wrong. They did not move the text. They “clarified” that what they actually mean is that they DO sell your data, they just try to anonymize it. This is specifically NOT what they claimed in the diffed text. This is a betrayal.
“Don’t be evil”.
Aside from typical American headline churn, I’m reminded of my faith in companies every time contract renewals come up for software at work. They spend so much time and effort attempting to make you feel valued and taken care of, then will flip the script without warning or logical reason
Re-evaluate your trust every year the same way they evaluate and honor customer contracts and pricing models
They gotta pay for furry costumes for their CEO
Furry costumes are not the problem, but their CEO is.
What is the best Firefox alternative?
A good middle ground between usability and privacy is also Zen Browser.
If you don’t care about the extra security and privacy stuff that it adds and just want an unfucked firefox fork you can follow this reddit comment:
/u/aaaaaaaaabbaaaaaaaaa
Go on about:config. Type “privacy.clearonshutdown”. Many options will show up. Make sure those between “privacy.clearonshutdown.cache” to “privacy.clearonshutdown.sitesettings” (including the two) are set to FALSE.
Then type webgl.disabled and set it to FALSE.
Go on Settings:
On General->Startup, Enable Open previous windows and tabs
On Privacy & Security->Cookies and Site Data, uncheck “Delete cookies and site data when LibreWolf is closed”
On Privacy & Security->History, check the three options there.
On LibreWolf, disable “Limit cross-origin referrers”, “Enable ResistFingerprinting”, “Enable letterboxing”, “Silently block canvas access requests”, and “Enforce OCSP hard-fail”.
Also on LibreWolf, enable webgl.
Why LibreWolf and not waterfox? I’m genuinely asking, at the moment I migrated from FF to WF, but wasn’t quite sure. What I read was that LW was restricted to the point where some extensions or sites broke, but I’m not sure if that’s right or not
Why not Earthfox or Windfox?
Earthfox is great but only regionally effective. There are no privacy issues in Ba Sing Se.
Windfox became unviable when the Firefox Nation attacked.
Waterfox — fork
Airfox — add-on
Earthfox — theme
Which one is September, then?
Eternalfox
