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To clarify, when you say “complete browser history” you describe what Chrome does, where the entire browser history is sent to Google for sync and analysis. Di
by floatingatoll 9y ago
To clarify, when you say “complete browser history” you describe what Chrome does, where the entire browser history is sent to Google for sync and analysis.
Did you mean to say “all links visited in the Cliqz-enabled browser”, or otherwise does the post somewhere express any intention to collect visit data from prior to Cliqz?
- leeoniya 9y agothe comment is pretty clear. tell users exactly what they're downloading and how it affects their privacy. "This version of Firefox will send your browsing history to a third party, Cliqz, for analysis and suggestions". When i download Chrome, i know where my history goes - to Google. I also know where it doesn't go - somewhere else.
- 482794793792894 9y agoThat entirely oversimplifies things, though. For one, Mozilla owns parts of that third party, therefore they presumably do know what happens with that data and can pull the plug from their side, if nefarious things happen. And secondly, Google can do a lot more with your data than Mozilla and that third party combined could ever do, both from a technical viewpoint in terms of evaluation, linking to other data, distribution, and especially so from a legal viewpoint. Providing this information as you put it would be entirely misleading, even if it is factually accurate in isolation.
- pseudalopex 9y agoTo clarify, when you say "what Chrome does", you describe what Chrome does if you sign in. The article doesn't say prior history won't be collected, and the grandparent didn't say it will be. If you want to be pedantic, someone installing Firefox from the main download page probably won't have any prior history.
- fwn 9y agoIt's ironic that this might end up being a privacy argument for Chrome over Firefox. At least you can decide not to log in.