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https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/10/mozilla-launches-a-vpn-brings-back-the-firefox-test-pilot-program/
Mozilla today announced that it is bringing back the Firefox Test Pilot program to allow users to try out new features before they are ready for mainstream usage. While the name is familiar, though, the overall goals of the new program are a bit different from the last iteration and the focus is less on crazy experiments and more on beta testing products that are almost ready for public consumption.
The first new project in the Test Pilot program is the beta of the Firefox Private Network VPN service, which is now available for Firefox desktop users in the U.S.
Sign up now for a Firefox account today so you can use this totally private free VPN.
(Score: 3, Touché) by barbara hudson on Friday September 13 2019, @02:26PM
My bank is close enough that I can hit up the cash machine any time I want.
The only secrets in my life are my passwords. Everything else is an open book, no thanks to certain people posting all sorts of shit about me online, so I don't get upset over not having secrets. On the other hand, I like that links lets me browse the web without image trackers or javascript trackers. Everyone should do the same.
As for Amazon, paypall, ebay, etc., I have never used them. I have no wish to be part of the problem of our current datamining overlords.
I pay for things with cheques, and with cash. What are you going to do when there's a power failure or the internet is down? I guess you'll have to abandon your purchases at the checkout counter, and hope you have enough gas in your tank to get home because you don't have enough cash to buy enough gas to get you there.
No Alexa, no Google Home, no Nest doorbell or camera, I can get up to turn the lights on and off. When I get too old to be able to do that, I'll be blind anyway, so why will I need to turn lights on?
Using links is like running privoxy without the hassles of setting it up. No web bugs, no image trackers, no social media icons, and no JavaScript to follow me around from site to site reporting back to 100 data collection servers. I tell you, the internet is FAST.
Dumping everything Google was an easy decision after finding out that they had given $150,000 in free advertising to anti-abortion groups who ran ads designed to trick people into thinking they were abortion clinics. No youtube, on gmail, no google maps, or anything else. It's not that hard.
Amazon, I never used, so screw them. Everything I want I can get locally, one of the advantages of being on an island with more than a million other people. If I ever need it, it will be pretty much a one-time thing, but so far, so good ...
Facebook? Twitter? Give me a break. Both have been linked to a rise in mental illness as well as general unhappiness in their users.
You don't need the internet to pay by credit or debit card from home. Any phone will do, and if it then gets leaked, it's easy to trace back because it was leaked by the person who answered the phone call and took the details.
Most of the internet is shit web sites designed to get eyeballs to sell ads. Why would I want to participate in that game when I can avoid the whole thing (and not be just another product) by avoiding those sites that don't allow a text-only browser?
Wednesday I was discussing online tracking with someone who didn't know that just the act of loading all those social media icons let her be tracked all over the place. If they're making money off my data, and I don't use any of their services, where's my cut?
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