{"id":1235831,"date":"2025-02-28T10:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235831"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:50:41","slug":"terms-of-use-and-privacy-changes-for-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235831","title":{"rendered":"Terms of use and privacy changes for Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"
There is a fair amount of unhappiness on the Internet about the announcement<\/a>
\nfrom Mozilla about a new “terms of
\nuse” agreement<\/a> and an updated
\nprivacy notice<\/a> for the Firefox browser.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirefox will always continue to add new features, improve existing
\n\tones, and test new ideas. We remain dedicated to making Firefox
\n\topen source, but we believe that doing so along with an official
\n\tTerms of Use will give you more transparency over your rights and
\n\tpermissions as you use Firefox. And actually asking you to
\n\tacknowledge it is an important step, so we’re making it a part of
\n\tthe standard product experience starting in early March for new
\n\tusers and later this year for existing ones.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nSpecifically, the apparent
\nremoval<\/a> of a promise to not sell users’ personal data has drawn
\nattention.\n<\/p>\n

\n(See also: this
\nanalysis<\/a> by Michael Taggart. “So, is this Mozilla ‘going evil?’
\nNah, prolly not. But it is at best clumsy, and a poor showing if they want
\nme to believe they care about Firefox, rather than the data it can
\nprovide<\/q>“.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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