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martyb
on Tuesday November 11 2014, @10:33AM
from the is-true-anonymity-still-possible? dept.
from the is-true-anonymity-still-possible? dept.
Mozilla is starting an initiative called Polaris, together with other privacy-centric organizations. https://blog.mozilla.org/privacy/2014/11/10/introducing-polaris-privacy-initiative-to-accelerate-user-focused-privacy-online/
Polaris does not refer to a single product or software program, but rather to an initiative dedicated to advancing user privacy across the internet. Components of the project include:
- Working to stop tracking code.
- TOR support.
This will include a number of Mozilla hosted TOR middle relays to boost the network. Here's the wiki with more details.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @11:02AM
Is this the same Mozilla that recently started gathering user data so it can be sold to the highest bidder? They probably just want to be involved so they can weaken the technology and have an inside track on how to thwart anything that comes out of this initiative.
Sorry Mozilla, you're not who you used to be.
(Score: 1) by nishi.b on Tuesday November 11 2014, @11:21AM
Objective
Websites need to be able to deliver and monetize the content they create. Users want more protection from online tracking. Tracking Protection is a new platform-level technology that blocks HTTP loads at the network level. Coupled with a user-declared opt-out, such as Do Not Track, we will explore various paths that can provide users with more safety while allowing websites to reliably deliver ads that meet or exceed consumer's tracking preferences.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Tuesday November 11 2014, @06:07PM
Sounds like a trusted 3rd party to deliver only the trackable information that the end-user has authorized.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 12 2014, @04:30AM
Let's say Mozilla replaced all private windows with Tor windows, and an additional click in the options enabled built-in anti-tracking features like Privacy Badger.
(made up numbers) 70% of the userbase doesn't use any of this. 25% of the userbase uses a Tor "private window" sometimes. 5% of the userbase actually uses the full extent of privacy features and other add-ons. This is a win-win for everybody except the user who expects privacy but doesn't bother learning more.
Polaris features will apparently be tested and refined (based on user feedback) in nightly releases, so Firefox's chosen approach will eventually become clear.
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(Score: 2) by mtrycz on Tuesday November 11 2014, @11:07PM
Do you have any links on your claims? I want to trust mozilla, for al it has done in the past, but day by day it's just eroding.
In capitalist America, ads view YOU!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @12:11PM
...this is just another "fashionable" posture which will lead to absolutely no where.
Take your initiative and opt me out.
(Score: 1) by Refugee from beyond on Tuesday November 11 2014, @01:42PM
How about spending resources on, I dunno, "new" HTML input types? No? Thought so…
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(Score: 2) by halcyon1234 on Tuesday November 11 2014, @01:51PM
Next!
Seriously, Mozilla. You broke your main product, killed or let flounder all projects that would have done some good. Now you're just throwing shit to see what sticks. The problem is you don't even have walls (a consumer base) anymore to see what sticks. And yes, I did just compare using Mozilla's new products to having shit thrown at me.
As another poster mentioned, this just sounds like yet another privacy invading and ad serving initiative by one of Mozilla's overpaid sociopath CEOs trying to make a short-term buck before parachuting out.
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(Score: 2) by Lagg on Tuesday November 11 2014, @03:19PM
They're doing this fresh off of the so-called "Developer Edition" of Firefox and launching some kind of stupid VR site [mozvr.com] that doesn't really need to exist. Meanwhile Firefox continues languishing without attention. I should take back my earlier comment [soylentnews.org]. They're still wasting resources. Just not on firefox itself.
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