You probably don't want to run Firefox Nightly any more

Re:You probably don't want to run Firefox Nightly any more by kenhwang on Friday March 23, 2018 @02:39AM (#16655635)

This is honestly the reason I do use Nightly. I'm volunteering to provide information that I understand could be very intimate in hopes it's useful to Mozilla in making Firefox better. Data drives better decisions, and I'd rather the technically savvy volunteer their privacy than it being extracted from the general populace.

So yes, kick me a bit, I'll let you know what breaks.

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Re:You probably don't want to run Firefox Nightly any more by toflon on Friday March 23, 2018 @06:15AM (#16656533)

Same here. Call me naive all you want, but I do think Mozilla has our best intention. They won't sell the data, they will try to keep it as secure as possible and anonymize it. As seen they even made a deal with Cloudflare to ensure they don't log any of that data.

I'm a strong advocate for privacy but if I'm going to give away my data I'd rather have it be Mozilla than Facebook or Google.

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Re:You probably don't want to run Firefox Nightly any more by OskarS on Friday March 23, 2018 @08:41AM (#16657400)

Yeah, totally agree. Mozilla needs user data like this for their product, and I think it's a perfectly reasonable solution to collect it from Nightly users who have opted into being guinea pigs.

> I'm a strong advocate for privacy but if I'm going to give away my data I'd rather have it be Mozilla than Facebook or Google.

Yep. There's no company I trust more than Mozilla when it comes to handling my data in a safe and responsible manner.

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Re:You probably don't want to run Firefox Nightly any more by dwild on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:01AM (#16658212)

Sure that's all fine if you are aware of it and agree with it.

Isn't it the same as Cambridge Analytica? That was a feature of Facebook to share your friend information... it still makes it bad.

The fact that Mozilla has good intention doesn't change how it was done. Secrecy isn't the solution, it only pushes toward these kinds of publications and outrage. If it was known, believe me, we wouldn't be here having that discussion, it would be a non-issue.

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Re:You probably don't want to run Firefox Nightly any more by exikyut on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:01AM (#16656238)

But in the absence of this news article, you couldn't have been more specific about the information you're volunteering without initiating further research yourself.

I do think Firefox/Mozilla should be explicit about the current list of experiments.

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