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Re:Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony by smolder on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:08AM (#29380019)
At what point does firefox silently upload history?
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Re:Firefox is the alternative to a Chrome hegemony by jeltz on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:57AM (#29380566)
They did so in secret for their German users until they were caught red handed and had to stop doing so due to the public backlash. They lost millions of users in Germany due to that.

That said Google and Microft both keep collecting your data despite backlash while Mozilla stopped once caught.

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