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AI Summary:

Overview:

  • Mozilla is updating its new Terms of Use for Firefox due to criticism over unclear language about user data.
  • Original terms seemed to give Mozilla broad ownership of user data, causing concern.
  • Updated terms emphasize limited scope of data interaction, stating Mozilla only needs rights necessary to operate Firefox.
  • Mozilla acknowledges confusion and aims to clarify their intent to make Firefox work without owning user content.
  • Company explains they don't make blanket claims of "never selling data" due to evolving legal definitions and obligations.
  • Mozilla collects and shares some data with partners to keep Firefox commercially viable, but ensures data is anonymized or shared in aggregate.
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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

I’m eagerly awaiting the new version but I already like it. They now admit that they are sharing and sometimes selling private data (anonymized or not, same thing).

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The simple way to deal with this is through extensions. Collect anonymized data through an extension, let the user decide to opt-out if they want.

[–] darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

Too late for me personally, I've gone ahead and moved over to Zen.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Brodie thinks that they still left themselves some wiggle room for ""selling"" user data.

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[–] Gilgamesh@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago

I guess it is time to start setting up Nyxt.

[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What’s the best alternative on Mac?

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It looks like Arc but built on Firefox’s engine? That’s sick. I’ll give it a look.

[–] Darorad@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, it's abandoned as the company turned to ai stuff

[–] m0stlyharmless@lemm.ee 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Are you referring to Arc or to Zen?

[–] Darorad@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Arc. The browser company is continuing security updates, but has otherwise stopped all development

[–] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Zen had its latest release 5 days ago, and arc 4 days ago, so I have no idea what they're talking about.

[–] Darorad@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Arc. They are only continuing security updates and necessary maintenance. No more feature work, no more bug fixes.

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[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I downloaded it and signed into to Sync and i gotta be honest it’s a little half baked. I think I’ll stick with Firefox for now until it leaves beta.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

Is there a way to generate fake user activity data to feed to Firefox or stripped down versions of firefox ?
So that the data is useless for anyone buying it. Furthermore fake browsing data also messes up data collection by websites.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

maybe with anti-detection browser, there are with free-bee version, dont know if that will help . which basically lets you use proxies as well, and spoofs your fingerprinting. people who made of accts, or advertise on reddit uses these to evade reddit ban(until reddit made it harder to do so currently)

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