Hi Wolfgang. Hi.

Wolfgang Pfeiffer via Dng - 17.07.24, 23:23:07 CEST:
> Removed ~/.mozilla , ~/cache/mozilla from previous versions.
> Unpacked, started firefox 128
>
> One of the first two tabs that were opened after starting this new
> firefox was this page - please read it carefully:
> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/
>
> Big and fat we read:
> "By default, Mozilla processes your Firefox personal data to:"
>
> or
>
> "If you use these features, Firefox will share data to provide you
> functionality and help us improve our products and services:"
>
> Immediately any user concerned with his data would search around
> mozilla help and settings pages .. and find and switch off "features"
> like that "Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad
> measurement" setting. But is it a Mozilla fault if the user doesn't
> care? I doubt it ..

That's nonsense.

Most browsers were updated, instead of newly installed.

The feature was activated silently.

Do you really expect users to follow Mozilla blogs to know?

Yeah, Mozilla argued they do this is favor for the users, as the
alternative would be worse.

But is this their decision to make?

With Plasma I can be sure: All data collection feature are opt-in.

Without exception.

Best,
--
Martin