Re:Google will use Chrome browsing data for ad tailoring
by wtbob on Monday July 18, 2016 @10:30AM
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> Modern browsers are set to upgrade automatically in the background, without notifying the user.
My browser isn't; I use the Debian Firefox package and update it on my schedule.
> If you're paranoid, you can self-host your own Sync server
Only if you host it locally; if you host it at a VPS/dedicated-system provider then you're trusting that provider never to break into your system.
It's bad social hygiene to develop systems which are breakable.
It wasn't, because I've managed to lose my history with it. I very much prefer my history to be synchronized to a server I cannot lose.
If your objection is not about cloud storage, then your objection isn't about the protocol, but its implementation (e.g. usage of HTML/Javascript): https://github.com/mozilla/fxa-auth-server/wiki/onepw-protoc...
> you download the browser once
That's not true. Modern browsers are set to upgrade automatically in the background, without notifying the user.
If you're paranoid, you can self-host your own Sync server, but then if you don't trust the vendor of your browser, then you've got bigger problems and I hope you're compiling your own binaries.