cross-posted from: lemmy.bestiver.se/post/284845
I’m not sure why you linked to this irrelevant 3 week old issue while referring to something that was fixed a year ago. Referring to it as a backdoor also implies that I was malicious, when it was simply incompetence. Have there been any security issues since? (Not trying to imply that not having any would make it safe, just wondering).
Zen is an amateur hobbyist project, expecting it to be something else is silly. It isn’t backed by a company. You take on these risks when you use a project like this. Its open source, do your research before using it for anything important.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The “backdoor” mentioned in a single reply is very different from the telemetry issue. github.com/zen-browser/desktop/pull/927 was fixed a year ago.
I agree the telemetry should be either disabled or at the very least users should just get a config tab on first launch to opt out but the Lemmy submission is misleading and bordering on fake news.
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Either way…reading through this, this developer seems like an idiot.
He doesn’t really understand what the code he’s shipping is doing, he doesn’t want to listen to people or ask real questions. He gets defensive to even constructive criticism
Not who I want driving the project behind something as critical as my browser.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 week ago
According to their privacy policy there is no telemetry: [ 1.1. No Telemetry
We do not collect any telemetry data.](zen-browser.app/privacy-policy/)
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
According to github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/5947#issuec… one of the issues is that Mozilla’s telemetry remains enabled which (if happening in secret) is bad and also dumb because Mozilla can’t even use telemetry of a very different browser.