Yeah it’s not ideal. I just don’t see a world where Microsoft will set people’s search engine to DuckDuckGo
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Yeah it’s not ideal. I just don’t see a world where Microsoft will set people’s search engine to DuckDuckGo
Glad you had something useful and helpful to add to the discussion. Have you ever in your life heard of “playing devils advocate”? Read a book some time.
Imagine you have a computer that’s been compromised by malware. What do you think the search engine will be set to? Not Google, not Bing, probably some third party one that has ads and malware. Changing that to Bing would technically qualify as a repair.
They could easily improve this by just adding a list of common reputable search engines, and adding those to an allow list.
I’d just like for these things to be opt-in, not opt-out.
A non-profit can, in fact, profit, but it has specific rules on what it can do with those profits. Tax law is a rabbit hole and I don’t even wanna peer in
It seems like a profit-driven thing to me. Big piles of anonymized data are worth a pretty penny.
Importantly, if you have already opted out of sending data to Mozilla, this change will not affect you. It only sends data if you have the setting turned on. It takes just a few clicks to entirely disable it, and Mozilla deletes all record of your browser within 30 days from turning off this feature. If you’re worried about it, do it now, it’s just under Settings > Privacy & Security. Instructions are also linked in the blog post.
They’ve tossed ClamAV on mine but it’s not on the AD, thankfully.
I use Linux on my desktop at work, and sometimes you might end up with an apple computer instead depending on the employer.
The monopoly is slipping.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nice dodge. You’re missing the point of the community and you deserve your ban. Quit wasting your effort on this. Go outside and take a nice walk, drink some water, and hug someone you love.