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  • Bug#1099130: Firefox Terms of Use updated, possibly resolving this bug

    From Joey Hess@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 24 22:00:01 2025
    Sometime after May 15th and before June 12th, the following change was
    made to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/

    You give Mozilla the rights necessary to operate Firefox. This includes
    processing your data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice. [-It also
    includes a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license for the purpose of
    doing as you request with the content you input in Firefox. This does not give
    Mozilla any ownership in that content.-]

    That resolves what was, to me the most consequential problem with the Firefox ToU.

    (I'm left without much trust in Mozilla the organization, and would happily
    use a firefox fork if Debian packaged one.)

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    see shy jo

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  • From Karl Schmidt@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 25 00:10:01 2025
    I'm not sure about the legal notices - but I found it wise to remove a bunch of URLs in the configs.

    As far as a fork - Librewolf seems to have a proper default config - where the 'call-home' services are disabled.

    Many distribution pull from Debian so the call to change to a fork would come from here.

    LibreWolf.net - looks like the latest build was on 6-22

    My take, is that software that calls out should be locked down unless the user allows it - one URL at a time.

    The business model is selling your information - the long term consequences of this can be serious - and unpredictable.



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