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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by jonathankoren on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:31PM (#33796697)
> From a privacy perspective perhaps the biggest slap in the face was Pocket

As a former Mozillian. In fact a former Pocketeer, that worked on the new tab.

I can assure you, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Like demonstrably, not a single valid argument. Like actively promoting misinformation no argument.

Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by csande17 on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:41PM (#33796762)
https://getpocket.com/en/privacy/ looks like a pretty standard ad-tracking privacy policy to me. The service definitely doesn't meet the high privacy bar set by other Firefox features like end-to-end encrypted sync.

I personally think on-by-default telemetry and "studies" are the bigger slap in the face, but to each their own.

Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by autoexec on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:25AM (#33798616)
You said it. I'll agree that studies is a serious contender, especially considering how its been used/abused.
Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by jdashg on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @11:54AM (#33803508)
Which parts of the privacy policy are concerning to you? It seems quite restrained.
Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:39PM (#33796749)
> I can assure you, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Like demonstrably, not a single valid argument. Like actively promoting misinformation no argument.

Would you perhaps care to substantiate any of that, or just stick with the personal attacks?

Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by jdashg on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:51PM (#33796833)
Everything is done client side until you click on a Pocket link. Recommendations are done by local sorting and filtering, not by requests to servers.
Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by autoexec on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @04:03AM (#33798468)
From their privacy policy:

In addition to the information that you provide to us when you register for a user account, we collect information about the URLs, titles and content of the web pages and other information you save to Pocket. The types of information we collect includes your browser type, device type, time zone, language, and other information related to the manner in which you access the Pocket Technologies. If you are on a mobile device, we collect the advertising identifiers provided by Apple on iOS and by Google on Android. You can change this identifier in your device settings. We also collect information about your use of the Pocket Technologies so that we can provide our services. For example, as a part of providing Pocket’s syncing features, we sync information about the items that you save and view within Pocket so that your list, tags, scroll position, and other account and usage information may be synced across all of your devices.

Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by Shorel on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:15AM (#33797875)
I use Edge these days, but Pocket is one of the first Extensions I install.

I also purchased a Kobo precisely because it has Pocket integration.

So, thank you for the good work.