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[privacy] Firefox 2.0 Releases Privacy Storm
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:56:55 GMT
Via Platinax Small Business News (w/ props to privacy.org). [snip] The most-awaited Firefox 2.0 was launched by the Mozilla Foundation yesterday - and immediately generated a storm of protests over privacy issues. Key to privacy concerns is that Mozilla have set up their long-awaited phishing protection feature on Firefox 2.0 - but to use it properly, you have to send Google a record of every single website you visit. A cookie will record all your behaviour data when using Firefox and provide the information free to Google, who can then use that information for their own commercial purposes. Although, the feature does require an explicit opt-in, its an unwelcome trade-off for many Firefox users, who believe that there is no reason to tie-in phishing protection with providing free data to a billion-dollar multinational. The concerns may be damaging to the Mozilla Foundation - who have long had a close relationship with Google - and who became a for-profit business last year. [snip] More: http://www.platinax.co.uk/news/26-10-2006/firefox-2-releases-privacy-storm/ - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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- Re: [privacy] Firefox 2.0 Releases Privacy Storm Matthew Murphy (Oct 26)
- Re: [privacy] Firefox 2.0 Releases Privacy Storm Larry Seltzer (Oct 26)
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