Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox"
by inetknght on Friday February 28, 2025 @12:51AM
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They didn't need a license to your data before. Why should they need it now?
Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox"
by handoflixue on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:15AM
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From the link that was already provided, and which is repeated in their Privacy FAQ: "Since we strive for transparency, and the LEGAL definition of “sale of data“ is extremely broad in some places, we’ve had to step back from making the definitive statements you know and love."
That seems like a pretty reasonable justification to me
Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox"
by inetknght on Friday February 28, 2025 @04:57PM
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Nope. It seems like legalspeak to say "we sell your data" while making it sound like they don't.
Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox"
by ykonstant on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:23AM
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Let me guess: chmod775 will not reply to this comment.
Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox"
by procaryote on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:45AM
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It's an apt username for naively giving read access
Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox"
by chmod775 on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:17AM
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See my reply to you here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43205587
Honestly I'm surprised that a research technician is more interested in this style of "argument" rather than figuring out the meaning of a (very precisely worded) sentence to for its own sake.
Long answer: Unless the button says "phone home my information to Mozilla", this license wouldn't cover that. This license only covers whatever is necessary to make the button itself work - whatever is necessary to realize the user's intent.