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I use Firefox. (Specifically Librewolf.) That said... > Google can. Apple claims that they can’t, but they have disclosed user data to law enforcement in the p
by jchw 3y ago
I use Firefox. (Specifically Librewolf.) That said...
> Google can. Apple claims that they can’t, but they have disclosed user data to law enforcement in the past, so I don’t trust them. Mozilla says that they can’t, and I trust them.
Google does offer end-to-end encryption, with a separate "sync passphrase". I honestly suspect all of the major vendors actually do a good enough job here if you configure things right. Google's UX is crummy for it though, and I think iCloud has at least an optional account recovery feature that you can't really trust. So Firefox Sync is probably winning for user privacy, but it's not due to the lack of proper end-to-end encryption from the other vendors, it seems a bit more complicated than that.
- asadotzler 3y agoWhy is Google's UX crummy. Why are defaults bad? This isn't by accident. This is to bend people towards the Google-benefiting options and against their own self interest. This is called "dark patterns" and it's a bad thing, an evil thing.
- jchw 3y agoMaking factually incorrect observations is not defensible because the entity or thing you made them against is evil or doing another bad thing. If anything it unnecessarily weakens the case against them.