▲ 1455 ▼ Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments Mozilla ends partnership with Onerep due to CEO's ties to data broker Onerep's data removal service bundled into Mozilla's Monitor Plus subscription Onerep CEO admits to owning people-search websites, leading to end of partnership with Mozilla. Transition plan in progress.
[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (6 children) This isn't a reading comprehension issue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) English is weird. Technically the second "its" refers to [Mozilla's] privacy partner but just... wow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago I think they are taking advantage of the fact that Mozilla just changed CEOs; folks will be skeptical, and that is worth a few clicks. Even the beginning of the article is more ambiguous than it needs to be. These organizations (not Mozilla) exist solely to get attention, and should not be given the benefit of the doubt here. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Context is an aspect of reading comprehension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Articles and headlines do not exist in a vacuum. 'Context' is not even remotely straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah. I didn't say it was easy. I implied it's a skill that you should have been taught. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) English is weird. Technically the second "its" refers to [Mozilla's] privacy partner but just... wow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago I think they are taking advantage of the fact that Mozilla just changed CEOs; folks will be skeptical, and that is worth a few clicks. Even the beginning of the article is more ambiguous than it needs to be. These organizations (not Mozilla) exist solely to get attention, and should not be given the benefit of the doubt here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago I think they are taking advantage of the fact that Mozilla just changed CEOs; folks will be skeptical, and that is worth a few clicks. Even the beginning of the article is more ambiguous than it needs to be. These organizations (not Mozilla) exist solely to get attention, and should not be given the benefit of the doubt here. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Context is an aspect of reading comprehension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Articles and headlines do not exist in a vacuum. 'Context' is not even remotely straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah. I didn't say it was easy. I implied it's a skill that you should have been taught. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Articles and headlines do not exist in a vacuum. 'Context' is not even remotely straightforward. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah. I didn't say it was easy. I implied it's a skill that you should have been taught. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah. I didn't say it was easy. I implied it's a skill that you should have been taught. permalink fedilink source parent