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Re:We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your pri... by t-3 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:45PM (#47869083)
The most popular browser is made by an ad company. They also provide the majority of funding for their biggest competitor. Why would you expect anything different?
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Re:We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your pri... by john_strinlai on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @05:59PM (#47869841)
most people would expect something different from tor, surely.
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Re:We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your pri... by briansmith on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @07:10PM (#47870454)
The purpose of a system is what it does.
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Re:We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your pri... by triceratops on Thursday April 23, 2026 @12:14PM (#47877547)
This phrase is practically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A... now
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Re:We found a stable Firefox identifier linking all your pri... by octoberfranklin on Thursday April 23, 2026 @04:37PM (#47881544)
The funding for tor project is nowhere near what is needed to develop an entire browser. Mainly because the web has become such a bloatfest, not because of any wrongdoing by tor.
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