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Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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Post by Karunamon »

teekert wrote: post #23
shak77 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what the hell is going on with Mozilla. Ever tried to install Firefox on Android? The new tab page is full of ads by default! And this is the company we are supposed to trust? Because right now I feel like I trust Google more, and that's a lot to say.

Adds are annoying yes, but they are only bad for your privacy if they track and profile you. Adds allow for free stuff and they can be done the right way. Granted this is becoming more and more rare so I understand your standard association of adds with distrust. The adds you refer to are non tracking (please tell me if I'm wrong though) and will slowly be replaced by sites you visit (often).

Ads abuse the user's time, attention, and privacy. Minus the tracking, that's still two factors of abuse rather than three.

Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

#33

Post by mjw1007 »

Karunamon wrote: post #15

Better yet, it appears that these "studies" (read: Mozilla pushing addons to your browser without notification or permission) are default opt-out. Will they stop doing it? Of course not. I can't recall any time that this company has changed course in response to outcry.

I can: when they renamed firebird to firefox.

Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

#34

Post by tamriel »

exelius wrote: post #21
proaralyst wrote: post #7

Looks like it's a promo for Mr Robot, which is really not ok. > What's happening? Are you a fan of Mr Robot? Are you trying to solve one of the many puzzles that the Mr Robot team has built? You’re on the right track. Firefox and Mr Robot have collaborated on a shared experience to further your immersion into the Mr Robot universe, also known as an Alternate Reality Game (ARG). The effects you’re seeing are a part of…

Seems kind of like it is part of an ARG. I can't say I'm totally against something like that; Mozilla's gotta make money somehow, and as long as it's not selling out user privacy it's a better tradeoff than Chrome.

> Mozilla's gotta make money somehow

They're a nonprofit; they're not allowed to just "make money". And, they already take donations.

Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

#35

Post by QAPereo »

teekert wrote: post #23
shak77 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what the hell is going on with Mozilla. Ever tried to install Firefox on Android? The new tab page is full of ads by default! And this is the company we are supposed to trust? Because right now I feel like I trust Google more, and that's a lot to say.

Adds are annoying yes, but they are only bad for your privacy if they track and profile you. Adds allow for free stuff and they can be done the right way. Granted this is becoming more and more rare so I understand your standard association of adds with distrust. The adds you refer to are non tracking (please tell me if I'm wrong though) and will slowly be replaced by sites you visit (often).

I don’t mind ads... uMatrix and uBlock Origin take care of that noise for me.

Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

#36

Post by teddyfrozevelt »

_red wrote: post #26
bwat49 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can disable these studies under Options | Privacy and Security

I hate the fact that Firefox increasingly makes me jump through all sorts of hoops to find all the hidden options to turn off their various spyware attempts. Its the Win10 of browsers...

Going through your browser settings really is quite the hoop.

Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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Post by hbosch »

tamriel wrote: post #34
exelius wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems kind of like it is part of an ARG. I can't say I'm totally against something like that; Mozilla's gotta make money somehow, and as long as it's not selling out user privacy it's a better tradeoff than Chrome.

> Mozilla's gotta make money somehow They're a nonprofit; they're not allowed to just "make money". And, they already take donations.

I think the the term “non-profit” is more about how an organization spends the money, rather than how they make it. Non profits and charities definitely bring in money through channels other than donations...

Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

#38

Post by untog »

tamriel wrote: post #34
exelius wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems kind of like it is part of an ARG. I can't say I'm totally against something like that; Mozilla's gotta make money somehow, and as long as it's not selling out user privacy it's a better tradeoff than Chrome.

> Mozilla's gotta make money somehow They're a nonprofit; they're not allowed to just "make money". And, they already take donations.

Of course non profits are allowed to make money.

Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

#40

Post by zzzeek »

bwat49 wrote: post #5
shak77 wrote: post #2

This is what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/mriUw It scared the hell out of me! Are these guys losing their minds? It was reported as a bug and the response thus far is indeed underwhelming for such a severe issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424977

It wasn't supposed to be visible on the addons page

that would be worse
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