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Unfck the Internet
We love it, we need it, and we can all feel the ways it’s fcked. Together we can unfck it. Start by choosing the only non-profit-backed, people-first browser.
👀 👉🏼 Let’s get started
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#unfck #internet #mozilla #thinkabout
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We love it, we need it, and we can all feel the ways it’s fcked. Together we can unfck it. Start by choosing the only non-profit-backed, people-first browser.
👀 👉🏼 Let’s get started
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/unfck/
#unfck #internet #mozilla #thinkabout
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Internet history can be used for “reidentification” finds study by Mozilla
A recent research paper has reaffirmed that our internet history can be reliably used to identify us. The research was conducted by Sarah Bird, Ilana Segall, and Martin Lopatka from Mozilla and is titled: Replication: Why We Still Can’t Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories. The paper was released at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security and is a continuation of a 2012 paper that highlighted the same reidentifiability problem.
‼️ Just your internet history can be used to reidentify you on the internet ‼️
Using data from 52,000 consenting Firefox users, the researchers were able to identify 48,919 distinct browsing profiles which had 99% uniqueness.
This is especially concerning because internet history is routinely sold by your internet service provider (ISP) and mobile data provider to third party advertising and marketing firms which are demonstrably able to tie a list of sites back to an individual they already have a profile on – even if the ISP claims to be “anonymizing” the data being sold. This is a legally sanctioned activity ever since 2017 when Congress voted to get rid of broadband privacy and allow the monetization of this type of data collection.
This type of “history-based profiling” is undoubtedly being used to build ad profiles on internet users around the world. Previous studies have shown that an IP address usually stays static for about a month – which the researchers noted: “is more than enough time to build reidentifiable browsing profiles.”
👀 👉🏼 (PDF)
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/soups2020-bird.pdf
👀 👉🏼 https://www.cozyit.com/internet-history-can-be-used-for-reidentification-finds-study-by-mozilla/
#mozilla #study #research #internet #history #reidentification #thinkabout #pdf
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A recent research paper has reaffirmed that our internet history can be reliably used to identify us. The research was conducted by Sarah Bird, Ilana Segall, and Martin Lopatka from Mozilla and is titled: Replication: Why We Still Can’t Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories. The paper was released at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security and is a continuation of a 2012 paper that highlighted the same reidentifiability problem.
‼️ Just your internet history can be used to reidentify you on the internet ‼️
Using data from 52,000 consenting Firefox users, the researchers were able to identify 48,919 distinct browsing profiles which had 99% uniqueness.
This is especially concerning because internet history is routinely sold by your internet service provider (ISP) and mobile data provider to third party advertising and marketing firms which are demonstrably able to tie a list of sites back to an individual they already have a profile on – even if the ISP claims to be “anonymizing” the data being sold. This is a legally sanctioned activity ever since 2017 when Congress voted to get rid of broadband privacy and allow the monetization of this type of data collection.
This type of “history-based profiling” is undoubtedly being used to build ad profiles on internet users around the world. Previous studies have shown that an IP address usually stays static for about a month – which the researchers noted: “is more than enough time to build reidentifiable browsing profiles.”
👀 👉🏼 (PDF)
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/soups2020-bird.pdf
👀 👉🏼 https://www.cozyit.com/internet-history-can-be-used-for-reidentification-finds-study-by-mozilla/
#mozilla #study #research #internet #history #reidentification #thinkabout #pdf
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We currently offer Mozilla VPN in the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.
The Mozilla VPN clients are compatible with Windows 10 (64-bit only), Mac (10.15 and up), Android (version 6 and up), iOS (13.0 and up), and Linux (Ubuntu-only).
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Available in 6 countries now. More regions coming soon.
We currently offer Mozilla VPN in the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.
The Mozilla VPN clients are compatible with Windows 10 (64-bit only), Mac (10.15 and up), Android (version 6 and up), iOS (13.0 and up), and Linux (Ubuntu-only).
https://vpn.mozilla.org/
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Developers, it’s time for you to choose a side - Clean up the web!
Will you help rid the web of privacy-invading tracking or be complicit in it?
🚮 Remove third-party scripts from Google, Facebook, etc.
This includes Google Analytics (one of the most prevalent trackers in the world), YouTube videos, Facebook login widgets, etc.
These scripts enable people farmers like Google and Facebook to track people across the web as they go from site to site. If you embed them in your site, you’re complicit in enabling this tracking.
And yes, that absolutely includes fucking Google AMP.
https://cleanuptheweb.org/
👉🏼 Read as well: Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC - #Brave, #Vivaldi, #Edge, and #Mozilla are all out
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari
#cleanuptheweb #floc #google #DeleteGoogle #facebook #DeleteFacebook #tracking #thinkabout
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Will you help rid the web of privacy-invading tracking or be complicit in it?
🚮 Remove third-party scripts from Google, Facebook, etc.
This includes Google Analytics (one of the most prevalent trackers in the world), YouTube videos, Facebook login widgets, etc.
These scripts enable people farmers like Google and Facebook to track people across the web as they go from site to site. If you embed them in your site, you’re complicit in enabling this tracking.
And yes, that absolutely includes fucking Google AMP.
https://cleanuptheweb.org/
👉🏼 Read as well: Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC - #Brave, #Vivaldi, #Edge, and #Mozilla are all out
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/16/22387492/google-floc-ad-tech-privacy-browsers-brave-vivaldi-edge-mozilla-chrome-safari
#cleanuptheweb #floc #google #DeleteGoogle #facebook #DeleteFacebook #tracking #thinkabout
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The Verge
Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC
The future of the web is at stake
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Beware of Applications Misusing Root Stores
We have been alerted about applications that use the root store provided by Mozilla for purposes other than what Mozilla’s root store is curated for. We provide a root store to be used for server authentication (TLS) and for digitally signed and encrypted email (S/MIME). Applications that use Mozilla’s root store for a purpose other than that have a critical security vulnerability. With the goal of improving the security ecosystem on the internet, below we clarify the correct and incorrect use of Mozilla’s root store, and provide tools for correct use.
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Misuse of Root Stores: We have been alerted that some applications are using root stores provided by Mozilla or an operating system (e.g. Linux) for purposes other than what the root store is curated for. An application that uses a root store for a purpose other than what the store was created for has a critical security vulnerability. This is no different than failing to validate a certificate at all.
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/05/10/beware-of-applications-misusing-root-stores/
#mozilla #root #store #applications
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We have been alerted about applications that use the root store provided by Mozilla for purposes other than what Mozilla’s root store is curated for. We provide a root store to be used for server authentication (TLS) and for digitally signed and encrypted email (S/MIME). Applications that use Mozilla’s root store for a purpose other than that have a critical security vulnerability. With the goal of improving the security ecosystem on the internet, below we clarify the correct and incorrect use of Mozilla’s root store, and provide tools for correct use.
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Misuse of Root Stores: We have been alerted that some applications are using root stores provided by Mozilla or an operating system (e.g. Linux) for purposes other than what the root store is curated for. An application that uses a root store for a purpose other than what the store was created for has a critical security vulnerability. This is no different than failing to validate a certificate at all.
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/05/10/beware-of-applications-misusing-root-stores/
#mozilla #root #store #applications
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Mozilla Security Blog
Beware of Applications Misusing Root Stores
We have been alerted about applications that use the root store provided by Mozilla for purposes other than what Mozilla’s root store is curated for. We provide a root store ...
Mozilla encourages laws censoring ideas
https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/MozillaCensorship:4
Mozilla -- the mega corporation behind Firefox -- has been working, at high speed, to restrict speech across the Internet. Specifically of people that do not share their political afiliation.
On January 8th, 2021, the Mozilla CEO, Mitchell Baker, wrote an article entitled "We need more than deplatforming."
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
"as reprehensible as the actions of Donald Trump are, the rampant use of the internet to foment violence and hate, and reinforce white supremacy is about more than any one personality. Donald Trump is certainly not the first politician to exploit the architecture of the internet in this way, and he won’t be the last. We need solutions that don’t start after untold damage has been done."
Baker goes on to explain some of the ways Internet services should not only completely deplatform (read: ban and censor) specific political leaders... but also silence and restrict statements or ideas that Mozilla disagrees with politically.
More recently, Mozilla has become actively critical of the YouTube video recommendation system. And not for the reasons that so many -- myself included -- dislike it (such as irrelevant video recommendations, shadowbanning of many creators, etc.).
Mozilla's objection seems to be primarily that some recommended videos might contain ideas that don't agree with the (highly political) worldview of Mozilla leadership.
Mozilla repeatedly equates "Right Wing" politics with "hate". As on their "YouTube Regrets" page https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/youtube-regrets/ they have set up. Quote: "Any search for positive LGBT content results in a barrage of homophobic, right-wing recommendations."
But Mozilla is not stopping with simply expressing their opinion that Conservative (or "Right Wing") voices should be silence...
On June 8th, 2021, Mozilla posted an official blog post entitled, "Mozilla Explains: Why Does YouTube Recommend Conspiracy Theory Videos?"
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/mozilla-explains-why-does-youtube-recommend-conspiracy-theory-videos/
In that post, Mozilla fellow, Guillaume Chaslot, "recommends regulators step in and issue laws that begin to curb this."
That's right. Mozilla Corporation (the mega corporation owned by Mozilla Foundation -- both run by Mitchell Baker) is seeking actual legislation to make showing "Right Wing" content go away.
To be clear: This is horrific. Not because Mozilla seeks to silence Conservative ideas or voices. But because Mozilla seeks to silence any political voices at all. This would be equally as disturbing if Mozilla were to make statements against "Left Wing" ideas or voices.
#Mozilla #censorship #lunduke
https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/MozillaCensorship:4
Mozilla -- the mega corporation behind Firefox -- has been working, at high speed, to restrict speech across the Internet. Specifically of people that do not share their political afiliation.
On January 8th, 2021, the Mozilla CEO, Mitchell Baker, wrote an article entitled "We need more than deplatforming."
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/
"as reprehensible as the actions of Donald Trump are, the rampant use of the internet to foment violence and hate, and reinforce white supremacy is about more than any one personality. Donald Trump is certainly not the first politician to exploit the architecture of the internet in this way, and he won’t be the last. We need solutions that don’t start after untold damage has been done."
Baker goes on to explain some of the ways Internet services should not only completely deplatform (read: ban and censor) specific political leaders... but also silence and restrict statements or ideas that Mozilla disagrees with politically.
More recently, Mozilla has become actively critical of the YouTube video recommendation system. And not for the reasons that so many -- myself included -- dislike it (such as irrelevant video recommendations, shadowbanning of many creators, etc.).
Mozilla's objection seems to be primarily that some recommended videos might contain ideas that don't agree with the (highly political) worldview of Mozilla leadership.
Mozilla repeatedly equates "Right Wing" politics with "hate". As on their "YouTube Regrets" page https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/youtube-regrets/ they have set up. Quote: "Any search for positive LGBT content results in a barrage of homophobic, right-wing recommendations."
But Mozilla is not stopping with simply expressing their opinion that Conservative (or "Right Wing") voices should be silence...
On June 8th, 2021, Mozilla posted an official blog post entitled, "Mozilla Explains: Why Does YouTube Recommend Conspiracy Theory Videos?"
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/mozilla-explains-why-does-youtube-recommend-conspiracy-theory-videos/
In that post, Mozilla fellow, Guillaume Chaslot, "recommends regulators step in and issue laws that begin to curb this."
That's right. Mozilla Corporation (the mega corporation owned by Mozilla Foundation -- both run by Mitchell Baker) is seeking actual legislation to make showing "Right Wing" content go away.
To be clear: This is horrific. Not because Mozilla seeks to silence Conservative ideas or voices. But because Mozilla seeks to silence any political voices at all. This would be equally as disturbing if Mozilla were to make statements against "Left Wing" ideas or voices.
#Mozilla #censorship #lunduke
Odysee
Explore a whole universe of videos on Odysee from regular people just like you!
#Mozilla and #Meta (#Facebook) are now actually working together
https://www.xda-developers.com/mozilla-meta-interoperable-private-attribution/
https://www.xda-developers.com/mozilla-meta-interoperable-private-attribution/
XDA Developers
Mozilla and Meta (Facebook) are now actually working together
Mozilla and Meta (owner of Facebook) are surprisingly teaming up for a proposal on privacy-respecting ad analytics.
https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-a-unique-identifier/
- no opt-in, only opt-out
- opt-out only after installation, when tracking already happend
- Telemetry of Firefox is worse than chrome because in Chrome it's an opt-in, while in Firefox it's an opt-out; average users won't opt-out anyway
Great work Mozilla, thats how you violate the GDPR 😁
@no_firefox
#liarfox #firefox #mozilla #telemetry
- no opt-in, only opt-out
- opt-out only after installation, when tracking already happend
- Telemetry of Firefox is worse than chrome because in Chrome it's an opt-in, while in Firefox it's an opt-out; average users won't opt-out anyway
Great work Mozilla, thats how you violate the GDPR 😁
@no_firefox
#liarfox #firefox #mozilla #telemetry
ghacks.net
Each Firefox download has a unique identifier
Internet users who download the Firefox web browser from the official Mozilla website get a unique identifier attached to the installer that is submitted to Mozilla on install and first run.
France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet –Mozzila Blog
"In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. It would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list. Such a move will overturn decades of established content moderation norms and provide a playbook for authoritarian governments"
#censorship
#france #browser #cybersecurity #mozilla #security #surveillance
"In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. It would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list. Such a move will overturn decades of established content moderation norms and provide a playbook for authoritarian governments"
#censorship
#france #browser #cybersecurity #mozilla #security #surveillance
Open Policy & Advocacy
France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet
Article 6 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites on a government provided list encoded into the browser.
#Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/introducing-mozilla-monitor-plus-a-new-tool-to-automatically-remove-your-personal-information-from-data-broker-sites/
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The Mozilla Blog
First step: Find out where your personal information has been exposed
Today, Mozilla Monitor (previously called Firefox Monitor), a free service that notifies you when your email has been part of a breach, announced its new p
#Mozilla #Firefox blocks anti-Censorship and pro-Privacy extensions in Russia
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5738970/mozilla-firefox-blocks-anti-censorship-and-pro-privacy-extensions-in-russia
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5738970/mozilla-firefox-blocks-anti-censorship-and-pro-privacy-extensions-in-russia
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Mozilla Firefox blocks anti-Censorship and pro-Privacy extensions in Russia
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For advertising: #Mozilla #Firefox now collects user data by default
https://www.heise.de/en/news/For-advertising-Firefox-now-collects-user-data-by-default-9801345.html
https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-disappoints-us-yet-again-2/
https://www.heise.de/en/news/For-advertising-Firefox-now-collects-user-data-by-default-9801345.html
https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-disappoints-us-yet-again-2/