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I'm not sure you and they agree on the meaning of collect: If you input personal data into Firefox - e.g., an email you type in a Gmail - then they 'collect' it
by mmooss 2y ago
I'm not sure you and they agree on the meaning of collect: If you input personal data into Firefox - e.g., an email you type in a Gmail - then they 'collect' it. Unless you use Firefox only for anonymous purposes, some data must pass through Firefox.
> With Mozilla, for example, displaying sponsored links using Firefox Suggest ( https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/fi https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/fi... ) means collecting and sharing personal data (like search keywords, browsing history or bookmarks).
That article says it's only opt-in, so you are safe:
As always, we believe people should be in control of their web experience, so Firefox Suggest will be a customizable feature.
We’ll begin offering smarter contextual suggestions to a percentage of people in the U.S. as an opt-in experience.
- wtallis 2y ago> I'm not sure you and they agree on the meaning of collect: If you input personal data into Firefox - e.g., an email you type in a Gmail - then they 'collect' it. "They" in this context is Mozilla the organization, not Firefox the process in memory. For Mozilla to collect information, information has to leave my computer and end up on Mozilla's computer.
- lightedman 2y ago"That article says it's only opt-in, so you are safe:" Funny, I never opt-in to that garbage - and yet Firefox keeps trying to auto-recommend things to me. It does this even in the Firefox Quantum mobile browser. I don't think Mozilla is being 100% honest.
- mmooss 2y ago> Firefox keeps trying to auto-recommend things to me If it's what I'm thinking, they do it without data about you ever leaving your computer. Look up how it's done - it's game-changing tech for privacy.