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posted by n1 on Monday July 13 2015, @12:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the more-you-share-the-more-you-care dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1) by NullPtr on Monday July 13 2015, @06:54PM

    by NullPtr (3786) on Monday July 13 2015, @06:54PM (#208598) Journal

    You're joking. I've recently switched back to firefox, having used chrome for years. What swung it was firefox dropping their old, bizarre, shitty, tedious syncing system and going with the obviously superior "username and password" model. Also, the android app is far improved from the first naff effort. And chrome doesn't support plugins, so you have to look at adverts. Also, chrome is slow on android, and a memory hog on the desktop. Firefox has come on in leaps and bounds since I last used it maybe 6 or 7 years ago.

    Also, what's all this bollocks about Pocket spying on you? If you use it, which is optional, then obviously it knows what you're reading. Duh! That's the whole point. Again, I have it installed on desktop/phone and when I go on holiday I use Calibre to dump all the stored articles into a .mobi and send to my kindle for offline reading. If you don't want to be tracked, pull your finger out and get tails and use tor.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @10:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @10:18PM (#208673)

    Also, what's all this bollocks about Pocket spying on you? If you use it, which is optional,

    It's not optional when it's opt out instead of opt in. I've used FF for years and this was the first I'd heard of Pocket.

    • (Score: 1) by NullPtr on Thursday July 16 2015, @07:32AM

      by NullPtr (3786) on Thursday July 16 2015, @07:32AM (#209851) Journal

      If you can opt out, it's optional. Also, unless you sign up for an account, it's not adding links and therefore not tracking you.