Julien Voisin blogs:
Today, I updated my Firefox, and had a new icon on my toolbar: pocket. I took at quick look at the ToS and privacy policy; here is my tl;dr:
Read it Later, Inc. is collecting a lot of intimate information and is tracking you.
When you share something through Pocket with a friend, the emails contains spying material using malware-like techniques to track your friends.
They are sharing those information with trusted third parties (Could be anyone they are doing business with.).
The policy might change, and it's your responsibility to check Pocket's website to see if it has.
[...] The Pocket implementation is not an extension (while it was available as an extension), it's implemented in Firefox. You can not remove it, only disable it, by going in about:config, since this option is not available in the preferences menu.
What the hell is pocket? on Mozilla's site:
The Pocket for Firefox button lets you save web pages and videos to Pocket in just one click. Pocket strips away clutter and saves the page in a clean, distraction-free view and lets you access them on the go through the Pocket app. All you need is a free account, an Internet connection and the Pocket button.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @01:00PM
Yes, thanks for the suggestion, even though i'm not going to use any of these services. Since pocket can't be removed, it'll still be there. Mozilla is a sell out. Pocket should not be included by default and it should be removable, and hiding the disable switch is just low. Mozilla is free to recommend anything, but forcing you to have pocket is the evil deed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @01:22PM
Zotero can manage your snapshots completely locally. You can get an account on their server and store your stuff there, but you're not required to.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @02:24PM
If you do the config:about and search for Pocket, you can do more than just toggle the setting for the task bar. Edit all the properties including the oAuth token and the URL to call back to and just blank all of them. Same for Loop, which is for the Hello app.