Re:Mozilla Sees Loopholes in Google’s Data Safety Labels
by david_allison on Friday February 24, 2023 @09:39AM
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> You know, the browser that defaults to Google search and having search suggestions on. I know I'd have a couple privacy settings to change.
And having opt-out telemetry with very limited messaging that it occurs.
Re:Mozilla Sees Loopholes in Google’s Data Safety Labels
by kitsunesoba on Friday February 24, 2023 @10:14AM
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To be fair, I think less technical users would think that Firefox was either broken or incapable of basic functionality (leaving a bad impression either way) if search suggestions weren’t on by default. It probably wouldn’t hurt for the default search engine to be something else though, I think most people are used to changing that.
Re:Mozilla Sees Loopholes in Google’s Data Safety Labels
by denton-scratch on Friday February 24, 2023 @11:30AM
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I find search suggestions positively hostile, and is one of the first things I switch off.
I see that Mozilla has started pushing Pocket again. With the last upgrade, I got a new tab with a full-page Pocket ad. They don't need telemetry to discover that I've never used Pocket. I dislike their custom of using upgrades to stuff an ad in my face; and I dislike that scarce screen real-estate is used for an unnecessary button. If they've got to create a new tab on upgrade, it should show the changelist, not a "promotional message".
It's a bloody plug-in, and it should be possible to unplug it.
That, or they do fun stuff like giving this splash screen on a new update:
https://imgur.com/a/p4CVBHb "Power and privacy to the people. No need to dig into your security settings. Fierce privacy is our default."
You know, the browser that defaults to Google search and having search suggestions on. I know I'd have a couple privacy settings to change.