Ultimate betrayal.

[governa@fosstodon.org]

Ultimate betrayal.

#mozilla #firefox

[altbot@fuzzies.wtf]

@governa The image shows a Twitter post by user Theo ([@]theo) with the text "This is one of the wildest git diffs I've ever seen", accompanied by a GitHub - style Git diff interface. The diff indicates 7 files changed with +39 and -44 lines changed, for the file path bedrock/firefox/templates/firefox/includes/structured-data-firefox-faq.html. On the left (deletion side), a Q&A entry shows: [@]type: 'Question', name: 'Does Firefox sell your personal data?',, with an accepted answer [@]type: 'Answer', text: 'Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed to protect your privacy. That's a promise.'. On the right (addition side), a new question entry appears: [@]type: 'Question', name: 'Why is Firefox so slow?',.

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[dirkdierickx@mastodon-belgium.be]

@governa this reminds me of google silently removing their 'don't be evil' mantra from their company mission statement.

[scotty86@mastodon.social]

@governa Lol, it's true. 🙈
https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/blob/main/bedrock/firefox/templates/firefox/includes/structured-data-firefox-faq.html

[orsinium@fosstodon.org]

@scotty86 @governa

permalink to the diff on the screenshot:

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e

[flod@fosstodon.org]

@governa I honestly wish people could stop sharing this image.

Have you checked the current version of the FAQs? Second from the top: "We never sell your personal data. "

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/faq/

[eobet@oldbytes.space]

@governa I’m going to be the person who says wish this had alt text so I could boost it.

[governa@fosstodon.org]

@eobet alt text added 👍

[scotty86@mastodon.social]

@flod "We never sell your personal data. Unlike other big tech companies that collect and profit off your personal information, we’re built with privacy as the default. We don’t know your age, gender, precise location, or other information Big Tech collects and profits from."

They're playing dumb. They have tons of (personal) metadata. Mozilla has been trying to weaken privacy for years to make money from data. As soon as the community protests loudly, they backtrack aka "clarify".

@governa

[metin@graphics.social]

@governa @eobet Reminds me of…

https://graphics.social/@metin/112162762781528107

[pixel@redpixels.social]

@firefoxwebdevs See, that is what I meant when I said nothing about Mozilla feels honest anymore.

[starcross@mk.absturztau.be]

@governa@fosstodon.org they don't realize that open source can bite them in the ass because if they do something wrong, people will just fork it and dedicate all their resource to that fork instead

[eobet@oldbytes.space]

@metin @governa yeah, feels as if Mozilla was was effectively acquired by Google when they began accepting their money...

[governa@fosstodon.org]

@pixel @firefoxwebdevs hear hear

[firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social]

@pixel the communication around that commit was poor, but Firefox's commitment to privacy stands https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/.

The previous wording wasn't clear in terms of things like the Google search deal, for which Mozilla receives money, and Google does profit from advertising and user data.

[tragivictoria@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]

@governa@fosstodon.org are we STILL sharing this without any context? I beg you to stop