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Over at ghacks, Martin Brinkmann writes:
Mozilla has added Pocket, a third-party "save for later" service, to Firefox Beta (and other development channels of the browser).
This is based on the proprietary former addon pocket, which is now no longer supported since it is being integrated.
It's only the beta channel, but this has all the hallmarks of a half-baked revenue stream for Mozilla that ultimately sells out user privacy - and what's worse, is opt-out, rather than opt-in.
Sponsored tiles on the new tab page, changing default search settings during updates, surrendering on DRM, and now this... Mozilla keeps finding ways to make it hard to stay a supporter. Here's hoping they hear some feedback on this decision before it gets out of beta!
What are the best available browser options for users wanting to protect their privacy as much as possible, as well as run a bloat-free browser? Pale Moon? Midori?
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday May 20 2015, @08:56PM
I have no idea of the details, but it is not cache dependent.
Pocket soemthing on your phone, its also pocketed on your Computer or your tablet or what have you.
Also, its just a stripped down version of the article is saved, not a web page.
There is a "Original View" button which will fetch the web site if possible.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday May 20 2015, @09:22PM
Lazy me would hash the page's address, upload the text part or a screenshot of the page to cloud storage (with deduplication) and to a local cache folder. Add a few tags, a search feature, check the web on open, and voila!, 98% of my read-it-later needs addressed.
Not trivial, but not very hard for a skilled programmer... and tracking what people actually want to read is considered highly marketable assets.