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#termsofuse

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James Oh

I genuinely feel for the legal team.

Folks, remember, lawyers are independent advisors (or should be). We don't make decisions - those are for management.

My guess is that lots of solid legal advice has been ignored regarding the update.

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“> Yep! The #Firefox Browser is free.
> Super free, actually.
> No hidden costs or anything.
> You don’t pay anything to use it, and we don’t sell your personal #data.

Now it simply reads:

> Yep! The Firefox Browser is free.
> Super free, actually.
> No hidden costs or anything.
> You don’t #pay anything to use it.

Again, a pledge to not sell people's data has disappeared. #Varma insisted this is the result of the fluid definition of “sell” in the context of data sharing and privacy.

“Mozilla doesn’t sell data about you (in the way that most people think about ‘selling data’), and we don’t #buy data about you,” he said. “We changed our #language because some jurisdictions define ‘sell’ more broadly than most people would usually understand that word.”

#Mozilla / #TermsOfUse / #TOU / #AjitVarma <theregister.com/2025/03/02/moz>

The Register · Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smokeBy Liam Proven and Thomas Claburn
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Chris Walters

Due to a recent update of Mozilla FireFox (MFF/FF) terms of service (addition) and an updated privacy policy of their web browser: You will no longer use it, instead find a downstream of FF or simply a google chromium downstream such as Ungoogled Chromium or LibreWolf/Tor Browser, and leave FF behind for good this time.

#privacy#firefox#termsofuse
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Sim

> People are really jumping to the worst possible interpretation of this.

> I think there's some "abused dog syndrome" happening here: in recent years we have become so used to product offerings and privacy guarantees becoming steadily worse that we flinch whenever we think it might be happening again, even when what we're actually reacting to has no ill-intent.

> The most likely explanation (and the one that Mozilla implies in their update) is that some lawyer has got twitchy about the fact that Mozilla don't ask for permission, when using user data, to do the thing that the user wants to do with it, i.e. send a web request.

tildes.net/~tech/1maf/firefoxs

mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114076167

TildesFirefox's new Terms of Use grants Mozilla complete data "processing" rights of all user interactions - ~tech22 comments in the discussion of this link on Tildes
#mozilla#firefox#termsOfUse
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Mozilla's blog outlines the updated Terms of Use for Firefox. These terms govern user interactions with the browser, emphasizing privacy, security, and user rights. Key changes include clearer guidelines on data usage and user responsibilities. The update aims to enhance transparency and ensure a better user experience. #Firefox #TermsOfUse #Privacy #UserRights

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