[kwlug-disc] et tu, Firefox?

[CrankyOldBugger]

It's the talk of the town on Mastodon.  I found a short article outlining
the changes:
https://www.osnews.com/story/141813/mozilla-is-going-to-collect-a-lot-more-data-from-firefox-users/



On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 at 09:34, Anton Avramov via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> That is interesting.
>
> Chrome has obviously bad privacy, since it sends all kind of data to
> Google. But chromium is the Open Source project and shouldn't send
> anything. In fact since a few years back I can no longer even share my
> google profile in Chrome with Chromium since it doesn't log me in.
> Do you have some other information? Please, share.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 09:16 -0500, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>
> So in case you haven't heard, Firefox has changed their TOS from "we will
> never ever never steal your data, ever", to "all your base are now belong
> to us".  Primarily to train their new A.I. model, according to some sources.
>
> I have been a faithful FF user for years.  I can't stand Chrome/ium for
> their poor privacy.  And obviously, I only run MS products while guns are
> pointed at my head.
>
> And I hear that Brave is just a bad thing because their owner/founder is a
> Very Bad Person.  And I tried Opera a while back, but I grew old while
> waiting for it to load.
>
> So, I ask my KWLUG colleagues, what else is there?
>
> I'd really like to see strong add-on support in a browser, as FF has, for
> things like BitWarden, uBlock, and possibly Privacy Badger, if possible.  I
> would be willing to change away from Qwant search engine if necessary,
> provided the alternative at least tries to protect my privacy.
>
> What are you guys doing for browsers nowadays?
>
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