Submitted 3 days ago by Zenlix@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-terms-of-use/
Apparently mozilla wants the right to get data from firefox users. But not like general information, they want to know what data you upload or download through firefox.
Without it, we couldn’t use information typed into Firefox, for example.
What the fuck? I use firefox because I want privacy!!! Not sharing my information with a company.
Get ready for ads as well
github.com/…/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5…
They removed this:
{ "@type": "Question", "name": "Does Firefox sell your personal data?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed to protect your privacy. That’s a promise. " } },
I hate that they had “never will” in there. Seems like a broken promise.
They broke a promise and they broke my heart 💔💔💔
Dat want seem like it, it IS
Besides the privacy issue, the TOU is ridiculous. They supply a tool (the browser) and you use it. It’s not a collaboration between you and them. You can use it whatever way you want.
Doing some digging, this is what has been added to the privacy notice:
You have the option to use a third-party AI chatbot of your choice to help you with things like summarizing what you’re reading, writing and brainstorming ideas, subject to that provider’s terms of use and privacy notice.
If you choose to enable a chatbot in the sidebar and/or through a shortcut, Mozilla does not have access to your conversations or the underlying content you input into the selected chatbot. We do collect technical and interaction data on how this feature is used to help improve Firefox, such as how often each third-party chatbot provider is chosen, how often suggested prompts are used, and the length of selected text.
In other words, there will be opt-in LLM functionality that can be tied to third party providers. When you submit information to them… they have that data… the data falls under their privacy policies, not Mozilla’s.
on to duck duck go?
Mozilla ai really isn’t that great stop getting caught in the wave. We don’t want another dogshit ai company we want a Foss promoting web browser
Well shot if Firefox goes I guess we’re back to carrier pigeons and smoke signals.
So wtf happened at Mozilla for this 180 degree course change? This literally goed against everything it was supposed to stand for
There is the part where you interact with Forefox. Without your data, it just won’t work. They need your timezone, your screen size,… I mean, that’s for every browser around, even the most hardened system. This data can be used for fingerprinting so you should be aware and you should agree upon that usage or quit the internet.
i.e. using a browser is sending data towards that browser.
I have really high hopes that Ladybird picks up the slack
Used FF forever, even though the birth and rise of Chrome.
We’re done. The company I IT for therefore is also done. As are friends and family I sort computers for.
The shit now stinks and must be taken out.
Typical anti-firefox FUD. These are all quite normal things to have in policies for CYA reasons to offer features. bUt mUh dATa!! 1!1!1!1!11 fuck off and live in a mountain, or use a almost useless obscure browser like Netsurf (that can’t load 90% of the web)
so why weren’t they in there before? moz’s lawyers have obviously never thought they even need a policy before now, so what changed?
Because they’re going to offer optional AI integration in the browser
Look, we are in the minority. Lemmy has like, what, some thousands of users at best. Most people want features like AI, and firefox has to offer them to gain users instead of bleeding like a stuck pig as they’re doing now
And the sentiment against AI on lemmy absolutely sucks dick. I’m tempted to go back to Reddit because this place is luddite.ml at this point. People who’ve never spun up a local model on their GPU talk like they have trifecta PhD creds in comp sci
What a whole lot of bloated bullshit. This isn’t clearer at all.
RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 3 days ago
At a time when they could actually be pushing the Manifest issue and try to finally get a foothold, instead it feels like they have scattered rakes around the yard in the middle of the night and decided to go for a jog.