Re:Ask HN: Firefox vs. Chrome security
by jovial_galileo on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @02:03AM
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This is simply not true. They do not send the user browser history. Most data is processed on the client side https://gist.github.com/solso/423a1104a9e3c1e3b8d7c9ca14e885...
Re:Ask HN: Firefox vs. Chrome security
by kuschku on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:35AM
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Great, so it only transmits half of your search history without asking you.
That's so much of an improvement for a browser which people only use because they want absolute privacy.
Re:Ask HN: Firefox vs. Chrome security
by jamiesonbecker on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @01:47PM
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Why was this downvoted? I didn't know anything about this, but it seems (in)credible:
"Mozilla pilots Cliqz engine in Firefox to slurp user browsing data"
"Users who receive a version of Firefox with Cliqz will have their browsing activity sent to Cliqz servers, including the URLs of pages they visit," Mozilla says. "Cliqz uses several techniques to attempt to remove sensitive information from this browsing data before it is sent from Firefox."
http://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-whic...
But CliqZ did ship for some German users, randomly chosen. Which tracks your entire browsing history, and sends it to a company that’s most known for its tracking products.
After this, Firefox deserves to be treated as just as much spyware as Chrome.