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I didn't fully understand the cognitive dissonance and Orwellian doublespeak going on in Mozilla until I began researching the jabs n-gate's author embeds into
by Eiriksmal 7y ago
I didn't fully understand the cognitive dissonance and Orwellian doublespeak going on in Mozilla until I began researching the jabs n-gate's author embeds into everything he writes concerning the company. Beacons, Google's Safe Browsing lists, etc.: None of those defaults line up the company's actions with its branding.
With Firefox 69, they broke 25% of the internet on Linux with a change to block what they call a MITM attack: Corporations and anti-virus software that add certificates to your computer to decrypt SSL traffic before passing it on to you. That's privacy-focused, I suppose?, but is a confusing change in comparison to more obvious victories such as blocking trackers and fingerprinters by default. Which they will certainly never do... until Google invents a technology that provides the same functionality with a different, less ominous name than "browser fingerprinting."