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arcfor

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    Comment #10154941

    It's part of the movement toward a more realistic view of "entrepreneurs". Wishing to be a wealthy aristocrat with a sea of sharecroppers isn't a commendable goal, regardless of yo…

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    Comment #9213011

    Thanks for this.

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    Comment #9210438

    Not for me. Mine only allows Google. Maybe because I'm using a custom default search engine? If so, it should just use my custom one, and should obviously give me a choice regardle…

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    Comment #9210413

    It only allows Google, despite my using another default search engine. The data is certainly persisting somewhere outside of Firefox proper, as the search app is siphoning data tha…

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    Comment #9210382

    I will be within the next 24 hours, if Sunshine 3.0 gets released as promised. :-)

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    Comment #9210378

    I now understand that this app is branded as Firefox Search. However, I find it very suspicious that, at least for me, it only allows Google, even though my default search engine i…

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    Comment #9210373

    I'm on a Verizon HTC M8 running Android 4.4.4. Mine only allows Google.

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    Comment #9210332

    I addressed this below, but I should probably repost it here. Here's my take on it: When choosing search apps, it's listed as "Firefox Search". However: * it was automatically inst…

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    Comment #9210323

    When choosing search apps, it's listed as "Firefox Search". However: * it was automatically installed on my phone because it was the only present search app * it replaced the nearl…

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    Comment #9107096

    > Right now Moxie is working on bringing encryption to the masses. And in the meantime? That's one of the main arguments against his attitude. The PGP-encrypted email senders he's …

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    Comment #9107064

    > Maybe something about security-obssessed lay people using GPG to send the most trivial of emails? Crypto is far more effective when everyone uses it for everything: https://www.p…

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    Comment #9107049

    Users don't need to know about TwoFish, as far as I'm aware. It's just the basic Unix principle of separating policy from mechanism - they can choose the cipher if they want, other…