Re:uBlock Origin Forcefully Removed by Chrome
by wtallis on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @01:20AM
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> Nothing personal or valuable leaves your computer. Maybe the location queries, but I expect they are anonymized.
You said "That data doesn't leave the user's computer". It does. You may not consider it personal or valuable and may trust Mozilla's anonymization to be sufficient, but well-written privacy laws rightly do not grant Mozilla (or anyone less trustworthy than Mozilla) that kind of wiggle room.
You said "That data doesn't leave the user's computer". It does. You may not consider it personal or valuable and may trust Mozilla's anonymization to be sufficient, but well-written privacy laws rightly do not grant Mozilla (or anyone less trustworthy than Mozilla) that kind of wiggle room.