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Re:Rally, a novel privacy-first data sharing platform by errantmind on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:30PM (#27635226)
You keep accusing people of being nihilistic / cynical in this thread. It isn't cynical to be extremely skeptical of any company's ability to keep your data private and safe given the constant barrage of breeches and ethical violations.

Maybe I'm in the minority but Mozilla's brand had been permanently tarnished in recent years and I do not think of them as a 'privacy first' organization

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Re:Rally, a novel privacy-first data sharing platform by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:00PM (#27643582)
> It isn't cynical to be extremely skeptical of any company's ability to keep your data private and safe

By dictionary definition, cynicism is an attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others.

Skepticism is defined as the doubt as to the truth of something.

Extreme doubt as to the integrity of a company’s data privacy practices is the dictionary definition of cynicism.

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Re:Rally, a novel privacy-first data sharing platform by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:47PM (#27644094)
> I do not think of them as a 'privacy first' organization

I won’t pry, but I suspect that you are not a web developer, by trade.

It is common knowledge in the web development field that Mozilla is a, if not the, standard bearer for consumer privacy protection in the browser wars.

Safari is currently taking the helm, though.

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Re:Rally, a novel privacy-first data sharing platform by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:40PM (#27644024)
> Mozilla's brand had been permanently tarnished in recent years

Indeed, Google may have out-competed them on the marketing messaging front.

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