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Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by dokem »

cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #66

Would have not gotten the backlash it's getting if the author was a bit modest and titled the repo: "How to get rid of FireFox features you don't need", or something like that. Security is an important issue, but as someone who thinks WebRTC is the only missing piece of the puzzle that could help bring true decentralization to the Web, I think bashing on WebRTC just because of its security issue is short sighted. (No…

> Would have not gotten the backlash it's getting if the author was a bit modest and titled the repo...

The anime avatar also adds to his credibility.

Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by Tloewald »

jkolem2 wrote: post #73
TAForObvReasons wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> for most people it’s fear-mongering about nothing To be fair, a core argument in favor of Firefox is essentially fear-mongering about google and your personal data. It always struck me as odd that actions many people would call "shady" if google does it are condoned in FF because Mozilla.

Mozilla is not the largest advertising company on Earth whose core business is profiling people to package and sell them.

No it’s just beholden to one or another of them.

Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by windlep »

Tloewald wrote: post #82
jkolem2 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mozilla is not the largest advertising company on Earth whose core business is profiling people to package and sell them.

No it’s just beholden to one or another of them.

I was under the impression the search deals are merely which engine are the default. How does having the default search be Google make the Mozilla corp beholden to Google?

Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by CodeWriter23 »

Tloewald wrote: post #82
jkolem2 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mozilla is not the largest advertising company on Earth whose core business is profiling people to package and sell them.

No it’s just beholden to one or another of them.

> windlep 0 minutes ago [-] I was under the impression the search deals are merely which engine are the default. How does having the default search be Google make the Mozilla corp beholden to Google?

Well, when someone pays your paycheck, that makes you beholden to them. Unless you don't want another paycheck.

PS I didn't downvote you.

Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by loeg »

Viper007Bond wrote: post #78
gsich wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Location is pretty useless. It is based on what address your ISP has in most cases.

On the contrary. Maybe if you're on a hardwired desktop, but for everything else it is incredibly accurate. You don't even need to have GPS in your device -- WiFi is plenty. Try it: https://whereamirightnow.com/ It puts my laptop exactly where I am.

Wired, it gives me a location 3 miles away from my house.

Smartphone, it want to use GPS. That's kind of cheating, isn't it?

Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by CodeWriter23 »

quiquex wrote: post #8

"These are used by Mozilla to spy on you, and are as such a significant risk to privacy." Wow that's a big claim. Any proofs that the data collected is not anonymous? It sounds a lot like fear-mongering

Perhaps a little melodramatic of a statement by the gist author. But the point is these settings are insecure by default. Exploitable by Mozilla, and perhaps by third parties.

Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by IgniteTheSun »

outworlder wrote: post #20
krapp wrote: post #18

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>Let's disable Javascript too while we are at it. ...as if much of HN's userbase doesn't already do that.

Indeed. I wonder how they can get anything done. (Other than posting on HN itself, that is)

With the exception of a couple of sites, I rarely turn on javascript.

(There are a few sites where the homepage will have just show something like "turn javascript on to see this site"; I just take that as an invitation to leave the site and, if necessary, to search for an alternative.)

About the only thing I'm having difficulty with at the moment are TV listings: was able to see TV listings without javascript on zap2it until last week, but have not yet found an alternative. Anyone have any suggestions?

Re: Firefox bullshit removal

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Post by hayleox »

Viper007Bond wrote: post #78
gsich wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Location is pretty useless. It is based on what address your ISP has in most cases.

On the contrary. Maybe if you're on a hardwired desktop, but for everything else it is incredibly accurate. You don't even need to have GPS in your device -- WiFi is plenty. Try it: https://whereamirightnow.com/ It puts my laptop exactly where I am.

I'm on a desktop with no wi-fi card and it's within a stone's throw, how the hell...
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