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“We put the user first in terms of privacy,” What a joke. How quickly people forget that they installed extensions into user's computers without their permissi
by nbst 7y ago
“We put the user first in terms of privacy,”
What a joke. How quickly people forget that they installed extensions into user's computers without their permission, and worse, didn't seem to realize the consequences of what that meant.
- quantummkv 7y agoUnless I am mistaken, the extension never collected any user data and phoned it to a nebulous ad network. So user data still remained private
- nbst 7y agoWhen a request is made to a server, the server creates a log of it. When you interacted with the site that the plugin worked in tandem with, it requested assets (JavaScript, images, CSS, etc) to Firefox-run servers. That's enough for them to know you looked at that content and may have interest in it. Not a huge deal in that particular instance but it's CERTAINLY not putting the user's privacy first.
- jtmarl1n 7y agoExtensions like pocket and the Mr. Robot thing? Yeah, bad execution and communication, but privacy invading?
- IfOnlyYouKnew 7y agoWhat's the difference b/w "installing an extension without permission" and "shipping a feature without permission"?