An update on Mozilla’s PPA experiment and how it protects user privacy while testing cutting edge technologies to improve the open web.

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    3 months ago

    Why would a Firefox fan endorse the state coming down on the side of a Facebook made proposal? I remember when Mozilla used to be about fighting big tech corporations, not empowering them through state-mandated monopolies.

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      3 months ago

      Because the proposal itself appears to be good? I am not tribal enough to reject world peace if Facebook proposes it.

      I also don’t see how the proposal would lead to a Facebook monopoly.

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        3 months ago

        If the Boeing Corporation started building “world peace” weapons silently into their commercial aircraft without telling anybody, I would question their commitment to world peace.

        When Mozilla, an AdTech company, builds extra advertising data collection into Firefox, I question their commitment to privacy and not simply selling ads.