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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:18:10 JST Rich Felker

   What a browser privacy policy should look like:

   We acknowledge that your use of the browser is purely an interaction between you and the sites you explicitly attempt to connect to by following links or entering URLs, and does not involve any third parties unless you have explicitly added extensions to make it so.

   We acknowledge that your settings are chosen by you to protect your privacy and accessibility needs, and will not attempt to override them with updates.

   We acknowledge that attempting to subvert your privacy configuration through updates, either ones delivered through automatic channels you have opted in to or via publications indicating that an update is important to your security, constitutes unauthorized use of your computer and may be subject to prosecution (such as under the US CFAA).

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:33:04 JST Rich Felker

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     A privacy policy that doesn't establish consequences is just a pinkie promise.

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     theearthisapringle (theearthisapringle@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 01:48:39 JST theearthisapringle

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     @dalias what browser do you use now that Firefox has had its ‘don’t be evil’ moment?
     I got librewolf yesterday

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 01:48:39 JST Rich Felker

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     • theearthisapringle

     @theearthisapringle Firefox the free and open source software as delivered by my Linux distribution I trust. As opposed to delivered as an opaque download from Mozilla. Also with all the phone home stuff hard disabled. See https://hachyderm.io/@dalias/113417575172813417

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 07:59:24 JST Rich Felker

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     There are also two opposite things a privacy policy can mean, analogous to the two oft-wrongly-equated meanings of "software license" (granting you rights vs claiming authority to take them away).

     One is a statement of the aspects of privacy they're demanding you surrender as conditions for interaction.

     The other is a statement of promises, beyond what's required by law, that they will respect your privacy.