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Post #Arosx0fSxbNIDkYesS by [email protected] |
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Last week, Mozilla introduced legal updates to users of Firefox, and things did… |
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Post #Arosx0nyRyBEe8XS8e by [email protected] |
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They went so badly that #Mozilla had to back off on the worst abuse in their ne… |
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Post #Arosx0uM4FHgxvWY5I by [email protected] |
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#Mozilla introduced a “Terms of Use” for #Firefox for the first time last W… |
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Post #Arosx129bFWTM7AmEy by [email protected] |
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The First UpdateWe need to explain how we got here, and why Mozilla’s explana… |
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Post #Arosx19b9ZTfjCeiqO by [email protected] |
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In their first update to their Terms of Use announcement, Mozilla said: UPDA… |
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Post #Arosx1GgjD9I5ByNtY by [email protected] |
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We predicted this explanation: this is how software works, so we need these rig… |
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Post #Arosx1OUGDO4TNcc3E by [email protected] |
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Instead, they doubled down and provided an explanation that was untrue - an obv… |
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Post #Arosx1VZpr3gpMwH6O by [email protected] |
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“These changes are not driven by a desire by Mozilla to use people’s data f… |
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Post #Arosx1d1OB0tCSQDho by [email protected] |
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“It’s part of Mozilla’s focus to build privacy-preserving ads products th… |
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Post #Arosx1jP0S7LWFPJeS by [email protected] |
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Interesting. The policy change has nothing to do with using people’s data for… |
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Post #Arosx1pmcjDnq2OPb6 by [email protected] |
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Updates to the Privacy NoticeIt was around this time that changes to the Privac… |
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Post #Arosx1xa9jSaEE2dkm by [email protected] |
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In a widely panned change, Mozilla excised a question and answer promising to n… |
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Post #Arosx24fjN8CaDMInw by [email protected] |
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It seems like every company on the web is buying and selling my data. You’re … |
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Post #Arosx2B3LeEeu0LOka by [email protected] |
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Hours later, #Mozilla posted a fresh update on the Terms.https://blog.mozilla.o… |
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Post #Arosx2JCrKl1JI9uSW by [email protected] |
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Here’s what the new language says: You give Mozilla the rights necessary t… |
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Post #Arosx2PwSI93eBJHxQ by [email protected] |
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Not great that this isn’t what the initial Terms of Use said, and that Mozill… |
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Post #Arosx2WK4ZFVxyINu4 by [email protected] |
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Mozilla says: TL;DR Mozilla doesn’t sell data about you (in the way that m… |
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Post #Arosx2dPeCv8Jxc2xE by [email protected] |
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By updating the terms to disclaim ownership of user data, Mozilla helps clarify… |
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Post #Arosx2lZ9tRUjFQYfA by [email protected] |
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While it is great that Mozilla has backed away from the worst abuse of the prev… |
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Post #Arosx2rwmAXx32Pebo by [email protected] |
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Mozilla doesn’t explain specifically why they needed to make this change now,… |
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Post #Arosx2yKORePMpOkYS by [email protected] |
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Other commentators believe that the ToU updates have more to do with clarifying… |
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Post #Arosx35Py5K1ioiPbc by [email protected] |
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@dmarti points out that noyb filed a complaint against Mozilla for enabling Pri… |
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Post #Arosx3DvSS7y9ChCro by [email protected] |
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@quippdblog These features are "privacy preserving" only in a narrow … |
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Post #Arosx3N8uBV4bn0ZEW by [email protected] |
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@dmarti @quippdblog yeah, totally agree. And the whole thing is right out of t… |
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Post #Arosx3UwRBjqzyenOC by [email protected] |
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TakeawaysWhat’s the bottom line here? Mozilla isn’t claiming the rights … |
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Post #Arosx3qv7TJs68wLeC by [email protected] |
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noyb filed a complaint against Mozilla for enabling advertising features withou… |
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Post #Arosx49hzcLf2PjLvs by [email protected] |
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It is clear is that Mozilla wants to be able to unambiguously claim to regulato… |
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Post #Arp1iKaZVl5jFTLP2O by [email protected] |
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@thenexusofprivacy @dmarti Hey, this might be a dumb question, but you quoted a… |
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Post #Arp1iKhf5OlLbSf45Y by [email protected] |
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Not dumb at all ... the Glitch fork (and I think Hometown) has Markdown support… |
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Post #Arp21iFtkAlI9Qurh2 by [email protected] |
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@quippdblog it's frustrating because Glitch and Hometown are noticeably bet… |
