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posted by on Tuesday February 28 2017, @01:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-has-it-got-in-its-pockets? dept.

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/02/27/mozilla-acquires-pocket/

Mozilla had previously made Pocket a mandatory part of Firefox and that really annoyed a lot of people because Pocket's business model was to spy on users for profit. This acquisition gives me hope that the spying will be eliminated, making Pocket - which is a genuinely useful tool - safe for all to use.

Pocket will join Mozilla's product portfolio as a new product line alongside the Firefox web browsers with a focus on promoting the discovery and accessibility of high quality web content. (Here's a link to their blog post on the acquisition). Pocket's core team and technology will also accelerate Mozilla's broader Context Graph initiative.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 01 2017, @08:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 01 2017, @08:30AM (#473241)

    You, ah, know you're showing up in the equivalent of an apache access.log file of the server you're accessing

    The one you are talking to will always know that you are talking to them (well, if they didn't hear you you won't get an answer). Not a surprise to anyone, it's been that way since the stone age.

    then google analytics logs it

    Only on sites that ignore the EU cookie law. Unfortunately, that's currently not being enforced.

    then the NSA logs all traffic in and out of your ISP

    That's spying, something only our enemies do. Now, if only our government would listen when the US keeps insisting on being our enemy.

    and the ad server is logging the whole thing

    That's why ad blockers should be installed and on by default in every browser.