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I'm not sure. I think advocacy is a core part of its USP -- Mozilla is privacy-friendly, and that's an important point, especially as all internet users, even a
by bmcn2020 6y ago
I'm not sure. I think advocacy is a core part of its USP -- Mozilla is privacy-friendly, and that's an important point, especially as all internet users, even average consumers, are being constantly hit over the head by how data-hungry these huge corporations are.
It's an uphill battle, sure, and there are a lot of things to overcome, but I'm not so sure I'd blame the leadership on this entirely.
I'd blame the market...for now.
- zajio1am 6y agoMozilla has so many privacy issues so that calling it privacy-friendly is misleading: https://brmlab.cz/project/spyzilla https://brmlab.cz/project/spyzilla
- sp332 6y agoI'm flagging this comment because some of the advice in the link makes the browser much less secure. Don't disable OCSP checking!
- pornel 6y agoMozilla is doomed when it's held to such an impossible standard (such as being "spyzilla" for supporting TLS PKI). All this poo-pooing on Mozilla doing anything less than paranoid-extreme makes people leave for other browsers, which aren't any better, and often are way worse for privacy.
- zajio1am 6y ago> Mozilla is doomed when it's held to such an impossible standard (such as being "spyzilla" for supporting TLS PKI). While some of these points are a bit extreme, most of them are pretty basic and could be avoided by simple maxim: Don't call home and do not do communication with third parties unless opt-in or explicitly requested by user. > All this poo-pooing on Mozilla doing anything less than paranoid-extreme makes people leave for other browsers Well, i still use Firefox as lesser of two evils, but i do not see why i should say to everyone how wonderful it is.
- zajio1am 6y ago> which aren't any better, and often are way worse for privacy. BTW, is there any neutral comparison of Firefox vs Chromium w.r.t. privacy?