Taggart :donor: (@mttaggart@infosec.exchange)
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Firefox now has Terms of Use! This'll go over like a lead balloon. > You give Mozilla all rights necessary to operate Firefox, including processing data as we describe in the Firefox Privacy Notice, as well as acting on your behalf to help you navigate the internet. When you **upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information** to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/firefox/ **Update:** See below in the thread for their clarification.
    • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
      44·
      7 days ago

      This doesn’t make any sense to me either. Why do they need a license for what you type into Firefox if that data never gets shared with Mozilla?

      I don’t know a single application that you need to give a license to so they can handle your data locally.

    • rtxn@lemmy.world
      342·
      7 days ago

      We’ve seen a little confusion about the language

      Tastes like “I’m sorry you feel that way”

      The privacy notice document lists how each data type is used. It includes in-browser ads on the new tab page, AI chatbots, and “to market our services”.

      • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        10·
        7 days ago

        I’m glad I use a fork, even if it much more unstable. Kind of want servo to become stable and someone to make a browser based on that.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          7 days ago

          Kind of want servo to become stable and someone to make a browser based on that.

          Maybe that’s why Mozilla quit contributing to it.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      7 days ago

      Or why do they have a world wide right for anything entered into Firefox.