Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1996arrow-down19
arrow-up1987arrow-down1external-linkFirefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech Newswww.ghacks.netLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoRight before Mozilla purchased it, Fakespot’s terms were updated to explicitly allow the transfer of user data to Mozilla.
minus-squaresteakmeout@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoYou understand why they changed those terms, right? Because Mozilla isn’t reselling the data and the data can’t go elsewhere.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year ago Mozilla isn’t reselling the data [citation needed]
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoSure, but this doesn’t mean much. If they didn’t transfer ownership, FakeSpot could do whatever they wanted with that data. By forcing the transfer, Mozilla can choose to keep it private.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd yet, the privacy policy was never amended to prevent sales of data, either before the acquisition or after it. Take off the rose tinted glasses, because when you wear them, red flags just look like flags.
Right before Mozilla purchased it, Fakespot’s terms were updated to explicitly allow the transfer of user data to Mozilla.
You understand why they changed those terms, right? Because Mozilla isn’t reselling the data and the data can’t go elsewhere.
[citation needed]
Sure, but this doesn’t mean much. If they didn’t transfer ownership, FakeSpot could do whatever they wanted with that data. By forcing the transfer, Mozilla can choose to keep it private.
And yet, the privacy policy was never amended to prevent sales of data, either before the acquisition or after it.
Take off the rose tinted glasses, because when you wear them, red flags just look like flags.