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I don’t see how signing someone up to a newsletter is a security vulnerability.
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How much money does pocket actually generate? It blows my mind that mozilla would pull a java and have us install a figurative toolbar.
pocket is such a useful tool that I have a hard time understanding this comment.
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The whole point of Firefox _is_ to make network requests. All of the features above aren't leaking your user data or fingerprinting you, they're assisting you in what the applications purpose is... to make network requests. Not to mention firefox is an open-source project, so you could go look at all the network communication it makes when it starts up. All of these options are configurable anyways. I think you're lo…
>All of the features above aren't leaking your user data or fingerprinting you, they're assisting you in what the applications purpose is... to make network requests. And you can prove this how? All I'm saying is think twice before blindly trusting a tech company, because Mozilla is no longer the fun and friendly company we once knew. They are very much a rank and file data mining company now, generating tons of cash…
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>I don't really see a problem with any of these? You seriously don't have an issue with being fingerprinted and tracked every single time you open an application on your computer? The point is that there should be zero. I should not have a single outgoing network request triggered by opening a web browser to a blank page until interacting in some way. The fact that we've lost this as a standard is terrifying to me.
Honestly you sound paranoid. What if a dev wants to add instrumentation to make sure a page is loaded? What if you have some weird OS version, CPU, or kernel that might crash 1% of app opens?
Mozilla is ethically compromised at the highest levels. They’ve made a shift over the last few years from a scrappy, low-rent, nonprofit dedicated to helping the web to just another data mining tech company. Just try setting your Firefox browser to a blank page with no requests on startup and watching the Wireshark log if you think otherwise.
Mind posting sources for your claims of ethical compromise?
https://www.mozillapulse.org/profile/410
New Knowledge is the organization that setup a fake Russian botnet, and then tried to push a narrative about how the Republican candidate in an Alabama Senate race was being assisted by this "Russian election interference"... anybody involved with that organization is a scumbag - it has zero redeeming qualities. Renee has been making the rounds lately on Youtube, informing everyone about how much of a threat these operations are (not her organizations fabricated ops, the totally real ones). I haven't yet found the prime mover in this, but her activities are well aligned with those of the DoD ratcheting up the scaremongering about the (according to them) active Chinese operations against the US population. So there is a pretty strong push for further internet lockdown measures being made right now by these people - and Mozilla is associated. At this point I would not be at all surprised to hear Mozilla announce RealID browser integration.
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The whole point of Firefox _is_ to make network requests. All of the features above aren't leaking your user data or fingerprinting you, they're assisting you in what the applications purpose is... to make network requests. Not to mention firefox is an open-source project, so you could go look at all the network communication it makes when it starts up. All of these options are configurable anyways. I think you're lo…
> The whole point of Firefox _is_ to make network requests. Just to point out, that "the whole point of Firefox" is to make the network requests I want . eg from my perspective it's a tool like (say) cURL that has a specific purpose. It's a subtle difference, but an important one. :)
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> Just try setting your Firefox browser to a blank page with no requests on startup and watching the Wireshark log if you think otherwise OK, so I just did this, and I don't really see what the issue is. Looking at Wireshark, I see requests for: * detectportal.firefox.com, which is used to detect whether you're connected to a captive portal network and need to sign in before you can connect to the internet. As far as…
>I don't really see a problem with any of these? You seriously don't have an issue with being fingerprinted and tracked every single time you open an application on your computer? The point is that there should be zero. I should not have a single outgoing network request triggered by opening a web browser to a blank page until interacting in some way. The fact that we've lost this as a standard is terrifying to me.
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How much money does pocket actually generate? It blows my mind that mozilla would pull a java and have us install a figurative toolbar.
pocket is such a useful tool that I have a hard time understanding this comment.
The creators probably had good intentions, but Recommended by Pocket seems almost like a dark pattern.
So they emailed you about a new service; shrug . Of all the "spam" you could possibly receive this is by far the most useful. What is it with all Firefox/Mozilla hating as of late? They don't seem to be able to do anything right in the eyes of some people, and seem to be held to a ridiculously high standard (far higher than anyone else).
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Honestly you sound paranoid. What if a dev wants to add instrumentation to make sure a page is loaded? What if you have some weird OS version, CPU, or kernel that might crash 1% of app opens?
A web page is not an app. It is a sandboxed rendered template that should not be able to crash due to a web page nor care about what OS, CPU or kernel the user is running. If a user wants to give that information away, then they should be prompted.