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Re:Mozilla stops distribution of WOT addon by blub on Friday November 04, 2016 @07:39AM (#12871786)
No, the only thing that will work is to pummel guilty companies into the ground with fines.

But you can bet GooBookSoft will lobby against that like their lives depended on abusing customer data. And they do depend on it.

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Re:Mozilla stops distribution of WOT addon by codedokode on Friday November 04, 2016 @09:24AM (#12872314)
I do not think collecting data on users is necessary. You still can show ads in search results even if you don't know anything about a user. And you don't need user's browsing history to sell him an airplane ticket.
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Re:Mozilla stops distribution of WOT addon by commentzorro on Friday November 04, 2016 @08:38AM (#12872049)
Nope. I'm going for FaceGooSoft or FaceGleSoft. First writes better. Second sounds better. But you can have the copyrite because all are fun.
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Re:Mozilla stops distribution of WOT addon by mootothemax on Friday November 04, 2016 @09:46AM (#12872466)
>Nope. I'm going for FaceGooSoft or FaceGleSoft. First writes better. Second sounds better.

With much regret, MiFaceGoo is rarely appropriate in the professional world.

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