Firefox 120 ships today with massive privacy improvements - gHacks Tech News - eviltoast
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    10 months ago

    Clarity is needed here. The California language that sparked all this is qualified with “about FakeSpot’s products and services”. Meaning it could simply be third-party services that they send their own emails through.

    After reading their privacy policy, nothing jumps out at me that contradicts this.

    To be clear, I’m not a fan of the extension’s collection practices, but the down votes could be because this may be unwarranted fear.

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        10 months ago

        Because they are now owned by Mozilla. As stated above, I, like others, don’t like the practice, and I hope Mozilla adjusts acordingly.

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            10 months ago

            You understand why they changed those terms, right? Because Mozilla isn’t reselling the data and the data can’t go elsewhere.

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            10 months ago

            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.