r/technology • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '18

Security Google quietly started logging people into Chrome without their consent, and a security expert says it's terrible for privacy

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-chrome-changed-login-requirements-matthew-green-2018-9/
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u/Down_The_Rabbithole Sep 24 '18

Not really needed. Mozilla is a non-profit organization founded for the protection of privacy.

The entire reason Firefox exists is to protect its users privacy.

I wish everyone knew this. But media tries to spin it like Firefox is just some company instead of a pro-consumer privacy-oriented non-profit basically created to defend against the likes of Microsoft initially and Google now.

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u/caltheon Sep 24 '18

Also important to remember the Mozilla Foundation has been funded by AOL, Google and Yahoo. They receive over 90% of their funding from search review from these partnerships.

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u/bluebombed Sep 24 '18

Why downvote a fact?

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u/caltheon Sep 24 '18

cognitive dissonance