redneonglow @redneonglow@gameliberty.club

Lunduke Journal:Use Firefox? Mozilla Says it Can Use Your Data However it Wants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubtWZwtJCdw

"Your use of Firefox must follow Mozilla’s Acceptable Use Policy..."

@meso >Also about to go into effect is an updated privacy notice (aka privacy policy). This adds a crop of cushy caveats to cover the company’s planned AI chatbot integrations, cloud-based service features, and more ads and sponsored content on Firefox New Tab page.
>AI chatbot integrations

The #Debian project packages #Firefox as 'firefox-esr'.

(Please don't offer speculation, I'm asking for substantiated information) Will that package continue to package a #FreeSoftware Firefox browser, as it does today? How?

The odious "terms of use" that #MozillaCorp intends to erect as a barrier to #SoftwareFreedom, is incompatible with the DFSG. How will this be resolved? Cease to package Firefox in Debian? Strip any imposed barrier and continue the free Firefox package? Or what?

exactly this: mozilla does not need to use the input that users enter into firefox, mozilla as a legal entity is not involved in the operation of software on your own computer. the only possible applications of this license grant are nefarious https://mastodon.social/@sarahjamielewis/114078096843471877

hence my conclusion has to be: either these license clauses are redundant and should be removed, or firefox is malware

Oh great, now Firefox is participating in the #Pornocalypse now? I will never understand why people hate sex so much, or porn. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/acceptable-use/

In case you were wondering what Mozilla is doing nowadays:

"When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information […]"

https://mozilla.org/en/about/legal/terms/firefox/

#Firefox #Mozilla #Privacy

so am i reading this right? the firefox browser as distributed by mozilla is proprietary now and includes a predatory terms of use that claims rights to all of your data?

i do not accept this at all. fuck off mozilla

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

There is also the incredibly broad "To comply with applicable laws, and identify and prevent harmful, unauthorized or illegal activity." in which Mozilla states they may gather "all data types" - among the defined types include: searches, browsing data (visited URLS), content and any other data.

In support of nebulously defined "identify and prevent harmful," and in response to law enforcement.

That "learn more about" link just goes to a list of definitions.

General rule of thumb: Every time an organization updates their terms of service and/or privacy policy, it is never because they have your best interests at heart.

Specific thoughts on this latest Mozilla action (https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-terms-of-use/)

Setting aside the "worldwide license" bullshit, the privacy policy appears to have broadened both the classes of data Mozilla aims to collect, and the situations in which they collect them.

These are not the actions of an org that cares about your privacy.

> You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

@opentermsarchive

This is far from the start of this journey, Mozilla have been working towards this point for many years.

A creeping corruption that I think has finally taken hold.

They themselves, say it best:

"Although we’ve historically relied on our open source license for Firefox and public commitments to you, we are building in a much different technology landscape today"

> Mozilla can suspend or end anyone’s access to Firefox at any time for any reason, including if Mozilla decides not to offer Firefox anymore. If we decide to suspend or end your access, we will try to notify you at the email address associated with your account or the next time you attempt to access your account.