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fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Clarity is needed here. The California language that sparked all this is qualified with “about FakeSpot”. 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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SuckMyWang@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Unwarranted fear or healthy skepticism? This is the perfect time to “just ask questions.” Firefox is selling itself as a privacy respecting platform and therefor should be held to a higher standard than the garbage that is chrome. If it can pass the test it will be proven again, if it fails then it deserves to be criticised. Point is if you are selling yourself as privacy respecting you are selling yourself by default as ethical.

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- fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  100% agree. I wasn’t trying to say the collection practice isn’t bad, just that the other linked threads may be taking things a bit farther than what the policy actually says.
  
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  - SuckMyWang@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Ok. It’s things like this where the detail matters so thank you
    
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    victorz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I love the wholesome and fact-focused discussions here on Lemmy. Good show, Mr. SuckMyWang. 🤝
    
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LWD@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨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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    steakmeout@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨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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    fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨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.
    
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