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by gilrain 7y ago
The policies that using Studies in this way violated are listed in my initial post. Those policies were created to prevent Studies from being used as a convenience. You might think violating them was justified, but that they were in fact vi
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by gilrain 7y ago
Not nearly analogous. First, the policy was not about accountability, it was about privacy and specifically restoring a trust already broken. Second, it would only have taken a worst case of 24 hours vs the 6 hours of using Studies to follo
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by gilrain 7y ago
I mean, really? Mozilla's whole thing is integrity and principals. The Mozilla Manifesto is literally an ideology they probably don't want to be damned. I'd have very much preferred them wait just 18 more hours and not have v
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by gilrain 7y ago
I'm very disappointed that although using Studies (Normandy) is briefly mentioned, it is treated as just an unusual option rather than a breach of policy. I was really hoping for an explanation of why they felt they could break their p
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by gilrain 7y ago
I would have preferred they wait 18 more hours (24 hours worst case instead of 6) and avoid abusing Studies, yes. Convenience and speed won out over following their privacy policy and observing their promises. That's a huge deal to me,
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by gilrain 7y ago
I'm very disappointed that although using Studies (Normandy) is briefly mentioned, it is treated as a matter of course. I was really hoping for an explanation of why they felt they could break their promise to users that Studies would
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Mozilla Expired Add-Ons Certificate Post-Mortem(wiki.mozilla.org)
3 points by gilrain 7y ago|3 comments
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by gilrain 7y ago
Not a good analogy. "Vaccines cause autism" reached the public via a doctor straight-up lying and falsifying data so that he could profit on a new vaccine he hoped would replace the old one. Just another grifting charlatan, albeit
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by gilrain 7y ago
The outcome is not identical because our choices throughout our lives impact other people and, potentially, get passed through the generations. This is why humanity is so advanced despite not having physically evolved much. The outcome is o
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by gilrain 7y ago
The tracking issue is also informative: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1462989
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Firefox CSP Issue may cause extension conflicts(ghacks.net)
3 points by gilrain 7y ago|1 comments
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by gilrain 7y ago
That is excellent news!
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by gilrain 7y ago
As someone who opted out of Studies after the last abuse, I felt betrayed that my addons were, effectively, held hostage behind enabling both telemetry and Studies. I decided to wait. It’s bad optics at the very least. Users who opted in fo
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by gilrain 7y ago
As long as you don’t consider bundled Google apps bloatware, yes.
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by gilrain 8y ago
I hope people click through, because this contradicts rather than supports your point.
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by gilrain 8y ago
"They" being every credible historian of the era, I guess? C'mon.
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by gilrain 8y ago
How long have you owned them?
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by gilrain 8y ago
Sorry, I read your comment twice... do you actually dispute any of the points made in the article, or are you simply wishing that people didn't care?
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by gilrain 8y ago
MDN is reliably on top and often called out in a meta box on Duck Duck Go.
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by gilrain 8y ago
If you're willing to use old hardware for compatibility, any of the major *nix flavors just work.
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by gilrain 8y ago
Hopefully they will police hate speech and other forms of speech which are rightly illegal due to their inherent intention to infringe on other people’s rights, yes. You can use a hateful platform like Hatreon if you wish to spread those vi
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by gilrain 8y ago
Yes, I really do want the government I pay for to at least attempt to protect me from pervasive, daily threats. "Do you really want legislators deciding what is and is not 'reckless' driving?" Yup!
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by gilrain 8y ago
It would be a poor judge who was bamboozled by such transparent attempts to twist the meaning of the law. Fortunately they are not computers or engineers.
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by gilrain 8y ago
"Not wanting to turn into a Nazi apologist but"
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by gilrain 8y ago
Then you're a selfish person. Your fellow citizens deserve better.
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by gilrain 8y ago
Jabra has been a leading manufacturer of ear pieces since they became a thing in the dumbphone era. Not a startup.
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by gilrain 8y ago
Trying to get corporations to respect the agreements they make.
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by gilrain 8y ago
If they’re also baldly and maliciously breaking the rules? I’d hope so.
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by gilrain 8y ago
“Still playing devil's advocate” You are not playing. You are presenting arguments and attempting to sway opinion. I’ll ask directly: do you not stand behind the arguments you’re making?
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by gilrain 8y ago
There is consent and then there is informed consent.

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