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My understanding of pocket recommendations is that it gets a list of articles from a server every day and uses a local algorithm to match them to your browsing
by ta95846893 6y ago
My understanding of pocket recommendations is that it gets a list of articles from a server every day and uses a local algorithm to match them to your browsing history so your history never leaves the device. Idk if any metadata about which decisions it made is leaked though.
https://help.getpocket.com/article/1142-firefox-new-tab-recommendations-faq#personalized https://help.getpocket.com/article/1142-firefox-new-tab-reco...
- liability 6y agoI'm under the impression that syncing browsing history between instances of Firefox is a feature Mozilla provides through Pocket, but admittedly I don't have first-hand knowledge of this.
- ta95846893 6y agoI think syncing is done with a Firefox account (Firefox Sync) and i can't find implementation details, but I did find: "Firefox Accounts uses your password to encrypt your data (such as bookmarks and passwords) for extra security. When you forget your password and have to reset it, this data could be erased. To prevent this from happening, generate your recovery key before having to reset your password."[1] So it appears they may be encrypting data locally and syncing encrypted data without having keys. I think you are right though, there are more website saving features available through pocket other than recommendations and I'm not sure how any of that works. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-your-firefox-account-password-recovery-keys https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-your-firefox-acco...