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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @10:17PM
Check out Vivaldi. New project from old Opera people. Technical preview working fine for me.
(Score: 2) by zafiro17 on Tuesday July 14 2015, @08:35AM
Plus one for Vivaldi. I tried a few recent builds on Linux and they were pretty great. I was a diehard Opera user until about a year ago (two, already?) when it jumped the shark - new management decided to make it more Chrome than Chrome. Vivaldi was started by the original Opera creator, and is building what Opera used to be before it ran off the tracks. Great featureset.
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(Score: 2) by Refugee from beyond on Tuesday July 14 2015, @08:40PM
Yeah, I've seen it. Tried in VM before. It needs some work at the moment, but who knows, maybe…
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