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Most if not all of the bundled search engines send the data over HTTPS and do not save what you type or assign it to your account. There is nothing to worry about.
HTTPS says nothing about how trustworthy the end recipient is, just that only they will receive your data.
Firefox: Dark pattern consent dialog invites users to share their location
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Re: Firefox: Dark pattern consent dialog invites users to share their location
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Because it's normal in marketing. Most web servers log your whole IP yet people don't freak out about that.
This isn't a web server, it's the browser. I expect web sites to spy on me, but not my own user agent!
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Because it's normal in marketing. Most web servers log your whole IP yet people don't freak out about that.
> Because it's normal in marketing Just because some perverted minds consider something "normal" doesn't make it "normal" to me.
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Because it's normal in marketing. Most web servers log your whole IP yet people don't freak out about that.
Today you've told us to use chrome, trust google, and that spyware is okay if it's "normal in marketing". Do you work for google, or are you full of shit takes today for another reason? You clearly don't get what made people like Firefox in the first place. You are so out of touch, it's painful.
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Have you heard of Chrome. It's made by Google, the company behind the most popular search engine. It's fast and has lots of features. It's got pretty popular over the last several years. I recommend checking it out.
> It's made by Google, the company behind the most popular search engine. Google's abuse of their search dominance to push their way into browsers is a compelling reason to boycott it.
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HTTPS says nothing about how trustworthy the end recipient is, just that only they will receive your data.
Then just use a service like Google who are public about using encryption between machines.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28805950
Looks like I'm not the only one who smelled something off about those comments. This is the first time I've seen such blatant shilling of Google here.
Re: Firefox: Dark pattern consent dialog invites users to share their location
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Have you heard of Chrome. It's made by Google, the company behind the most popular search engine. It's fast and has lots of features. It's got pretty popular over the last several years. I recommend checking it out.
> I mean an alternative that is what Firefox purports to be? To privacy and functionality thow shalt count. Not to infunctionality, nor tracking. Google is Right Out.
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#80Does a serious alternative to Firefox exist? I mean an alternative that is what Firefox purports to be? I'm ready to make the switch. Been with Mozilla since Pheonix, but the user hostility has become too much.