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I enjoy a nice cup of outrage in the morning just like the next guy, but this one is really weak and lacks that fresh taste of evil conspiracy that I really cra

by yborg 7y ago

I enjoy a nice cup of outrage in the morning just like the next guy, but this one is really weak and lacks that fresh taste of evil conspiracy that I really crave. You use a browser that has remote update capability, which allows them to install and run new software on your machine all the time. There is a whole separate section of the Preferences that says "Privacy" in large print that has a section that clearly identifies the Studies feature and lets you turn it off. And you use a browser that lets you install privacy-enhancing add-ons in the first place, and in fact which invented the whole concept of add-ons. When the browser discovered that it couldn't verify the add-on integrity with a valid cert, it did what it's supposed to do, it disabled them to protect you from someone backdooring these add-ons. Someone at Mozilla fucked up, and they're trying in good faith to fix it. I don't know what else people are expecting them to do, putting on sackcloth and ashes won't resolve the problem.

LifeLiverTransp 7y ago
There is a whole section of buttons that in effect do nothing and are ignored like the windows buttons, but you as a user get the ilusion of choice and power and can busy yourself with this Fun Time Pop Up Farmyard Friends of Privacy. All your entitlement to control your own machine is melting away.
overgard 7y ago
Here's the thing, though: yes, we most certainly are giving them a lot of trust by allowing them to install software on our machines. Which means outrage when they screw up is totally justified, because they broke that trust. Here's a metaphor: Let's say you let someone seemingly trustworthy watch your kid. (In this metaphor you have a kid). And they let your kid get a broken arm through gross negligence (let's say they passed out drinking beer), and then someone said "well, obviously, you should have never trusted that person, after all, they can do anything with your kid while you're gone, so why are you outraged?" You probably would still be pretty outraged right? You would certainly question your decision to trust them, but at the end of the day you have to trust someone, you'd be a complete shut-in if you could never hire a baby-sitter.
philipwhiuk 7y ago
Studies is the same shit they used to push the Mr Robot crap a few years ago.

by yborg 7y ago

LifeLiverTransp 7y ago

There is a whole section of buttons that in effect do nothing and are ignored like the windows buttons, but you as a user get the ilusion of choice and power and can busy yourself with this Fun Time Pop Up Farmyard Friends of Privacy. All your entitlement to control your own machine is melting away.

overgard 7y ago

Here's the thing, though: yes, we most certainly are giving them a lot of trust by allowing them to install software on our machines. Which means outrage when they screw up is totally justified, because they broke that trust. Here's a metaphor: Let's say you let someone seemingly trustworthy watch your kid. (In this metaphor you have a kid). And they let your kid get a broken arm through gross negligence (let's say they passed out drinking beer), and then someone said "well, obviously, you should have never trusted that person, after all, they can do anything with your kid while you're gone, so why are you outraged?" You probably would still be pretty outraged right? You would certainly question your decision to trust them, but at the end of the day you have to trust someone, you'd be a complete shut-in if you could never hire a baby-sitter.

philipwhiuk 7y ago

Studies is the same shit they used to push the Mr Robot crap a few years ago.