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> I trust Mozilla more than I trust Google. No company working with the NSA can ever be trusted. That only leaves Mozilla. Plus, are there any other companies
by frank_boyd 13y ago
> I trust Mozilla more than I trust Google.
No company working with the NSA can ever be trusted. That only leaves Mozilla.
Plus, are there any other companies that are not-for-profit, like Mozilla? Because this point gives them a huge credit.
- chris_j 13y agoWhat makes you think that Mozilla are obliged to cooperate with the NSA any less than Google are?
- frank_boyd 13y agoFor now: a) The fact that they didn't appear in Snowden's documents like the other companies, b) the fact that companies like Google (and Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.) have it as their mission to build as precise user profiles as possible ("data hoover"), for example because the rely on advertising revenue. (Google is a 1-trick-pony, advertising being its trick.)
- jessaustin 13y agoFor the most part, Mozilla concentrates on releasing software rather than storing copious amounts of data about users. (Perhaps their "startup" Persona service is an exception to this, but I doubt it.) NSA is more likely to target all that juicy user data that Google has. They might also seek to undermine the security of software, but Mozilla aren't going to make that easy for them.