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You didn't look very closely at the website and just jumped to conclusions, didn't you? They rank all the ones you mentioned as "Super creepy".
by scrollaway 7y ago
You didn't look very closely at the website and just jumped to conclusions, didn't you?
They rank all the ones you mentioned as "Super creepy".
- kotrunga 7y agoTo a normal internet user, they make it look like they endorse the product. The 'meets our minimum security standards' seal is still next to the product.
- saagarjha 7y agoTo you, who may be a normal internet user, it makes it seem like they endorse the product. I didn't see that at all. (Plus, a "normal internet user" has no idea how Mozilla makes money.)
- tick_tock_tick 7y agoBut they are endorsing the products the creepy is the user rating not Mozilla's.
- tick_tock_tick 7y agoOther way around Mozilla is endorsing google home as 5/5 "Overall Security Rating". Users going to this site have rated google home as creepy. Mozilla is not the one saying it's creepy they are giving it the 5/5.
- scrollaway 7y agoShould Mozilla lie and say that the Google Home is insecure? "Insecure" and "Creepy" are not the same thing.
- moron4hire 7y agoWe generally call not making your intention clear--making one impression more obvious than a detailed inspection--"Dark Patterns".
- eternalny1 7y agoThe "creepy" factor is a user-rating, Mozilla IS saying these are endorsed (hence the "wreath").
- netsharc 7y agoThis site is a hot garbage of "yes but no but yes actually no"... This webcam[0] with a doggy treat dispenser attached to it gets the wreath, but when you scroll further down they tell you what's bad with it. On 2nd reading the wreath means "It meets our minimum security standard!". Woah, that's like giving a crown to someone finishing a 5K run 4 hours behind the leader, because "Reaching the finish means you're special!". And it's enough for the manufacturer to promise shit in writing ("Yeah we have a privacy policy, and we have a button that says 'Delete my data'.") to "meet their minimum security standards". It smells to me like the foundation is using their reputation for a money/favors grab ("That's a nice product you got, it would be bad if it didn't get our wreath.") -- maybe that's not their motivation, but that's what I'm smelling. The whole thing stinks it makes me wonder if I should uninstall Firefox... [0] https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/products/furbo-dog-camera-with-dog-nanny/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/product...