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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.
Original Submission
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @01:54PM
I can't understand why one would do otherwise
I turn it on for *everything* I dont directly control but have to work on. That computer my wifes grandpa is not sure what to click on to get it to update? Automatically updated. That is who this is targeted for.
A vulin shows up and then people pop up out of the wood work screaming 'you should of updated'.
I would rather go thru the trouble of turning off some bit of bloatware then trying to get rid of a full on virus infection. The dudes out there that make exploit kits dissect all of the updates out there and add it into their kit. Just for people like you.
Some stuff you can keep 'behind the curve'. But a browser is not one of them. You update that crap to the latest version you can get.
You run everyone at a lower privilege than admin and you make sure everything is up to date. Getting rid of a virus infection is a massive PITA. I would rather do something *else* with my Saturday than reinstall yet another copy of an OS with all of the patches and flotilla of programs. Because during that time I can not do much else other than watch the scroll bar wizz away at updating things. As everything I want to do is on my computer...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @08:38PM
A vulin shows up and then people pop up out of the wood work screaming 'you should of updated'.
At which point you should scream back "It's 'you should have updated', you moron! Did you not learn correct English at school" ;P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2015, @08:50AM
Well, he said that people will scream it after a vulin shows up. A vulin is a demonic creature that does severe damage to anyone who says "have" in its vicinity. Therefore it is good advice to avoid saying "have" when a vulin shows up. Since "of" is similar enough that people will understand you, but different enough that it won't cause the demon to target you, it is a good replacement for "have" when a vulin is around. Of course people who don't know it already, will learn that the hard way when the vulin shows up, so they quickly will adapt and avoid saying "have", too. Therefore when a vulin shows up, people will not say "you should have updated" because that would make them the target of the vulin. Rather to protect themselves from the vulin, they will say "you should of updated", just as claimed in the post you replied to.