Firefox has gone to the dark side...

danielson · 18. Dec 2017, 03:46 PM

Strike 1,2,3,4,5...

Why doesn't Mozilla just stick to giving us a browser that works and give us back the Legacy extensions that did work instead of doing subversive moves such adding this obscure "Looking Glass" addon?
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/mo...ut-permission/

trainman261 · 18. Dec 2017, 07:11 PM

Remember when Mozilla used to be the good guys?
Pepperidge farm remembers...

danielson · 18. Dec 2017, 07:41 PM

I remember Pepperidge Farms but not sure what cakes have to do with Firefox.
AI ingredients maybe?

Anupam · 19. Dec 2017, 10:50 AM

With just this one incident, I wouldn't be too quick to judge Firefox.

Yes, this wasn't a good thing to do. Installing anything against the users' wish isn't right.

But, just this one incident won't change my view.

Firefox has always been quite good in terms of privacy.

Others have done much worse.

danielson · 19. Dec 2017, 02:26 PM

We won't talk about Pocket or Cliqz for the German people (if my memory serves me right, Ghacks had written about the latter).

deya · 19. Dec 2017, 04:58 PM

They issued an explanation and apology;

https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/upd...ing-glass-add/

I checked, but never got the add-on installed. I'm assuming that you'd have to opt-in to Shield Studies (in settings) to have had this happen?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/shield

The issued apology is probably Public Relations nonsense (my opinion) but at least they made one, unlike others, as Anupam mentioned. The Cliqz thing is a different matter though, but to think that none of the big browsers (even Mozilla ones) are not collecting some form of data from you is just a dream these days.

They all do it.

trainman261 · 19. Dec 2017, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danielson

I remember Pepperidge Farms but not sure what cakes have to do with Firefox.
AI ingredients maybe?

It's a meme

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepperidge-farm-remembers

danielson · 19. Dec 2017, 08:55 PM

Thank you deya.
I'm not the only to be t'd off by this unwise move by Mozilla:
https://www.howtogeek.com/336493/des...-lost-its-way/

@trainman261 - goccha!
Never saw it before.

18. Dec 2017, 03:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
danielson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,162	Firefox has gone to the dark side... Strike 1,2,3,4,5... Why doesn't Mozilla just stick to giving us a browser that works and give us back the Legacy extensions that did work instead of doing subversive moves such adding this obscure "Looking Glass" addon? https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/mo...ut-permission/

19. Dec 2017, 10:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,332	With just this one incident, I wouldn't be too quick to judge Firefox. Yes, this wasn't a good thing to do. Installing anything against the users' wish isn't right. But, just this one incident won't change my view. Firefox has always been quite good in terms of privacy. Others have done much worse. __________________ Anupam

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18. Dec 2017, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
trainman261 Editor (Android) Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 225	Remember when Mozilla used to be the good guys? Pepperidge farm remembers...

18. Dec 2017, 07:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
danielson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,162	I remember Pepperidge Farms but not sure what cakes have to do with Firefox. AI ingredients maybe?

19. Dec 2017, 02:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
danielson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,162	We won't talk about Pocket or Cliqz for the German people (if my memory serves me right, Ghacks had written about the latter).

19. Dec 2017, 04:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
deya Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,518	They issued an explanation and apology; https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/upd...ing-glass-add/ I checked, but never got the add-on installed. I'm assuming that you'd have to opt-in to Shield Studies (in settings) to have had this happen? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/shield The issued apology is probably Public Relations nonsense (my opinion) but at least they made one, unlike others, as Anupam mentioned. The Cliqz thing is a different matter though, but to think that none of the big browsers (even Mozilla ones) are not collecting some form of data from you is just a dream these days. They all do it.

19. Dec 2017, 08:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
danielson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,162	Thank you deya. I'm not the only to be t'd off by this unwise move by Mozilla: https://www.howtogeek.com/336493/des...-lost-its-way/ @trainman261 - goccha! Never saw it before.