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Mozilla Welcomes Anonym: Privacy Preserving Digital Advertising (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 4 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Great

I love how Mozilla seems to be trying so hard to kill itself. You don't see Google marketing Chrome as the browser that serves you ads and sends back telemetry.

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not the first time Mozilla has done something like this. In 2017, Mozilla stealthily installed a tracking and advertising plugin called Cliqz on a small number of German user's computers, which provided users with targeted ads, with very similar language to what Mozilla is currently trying to incorporate with Anonym.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

Fun fact: Cliqz also developed a search engine, which later got purchased by Brave and renamed Brave Search.