Mozilla says its new Firefox terms don’t give it ownership of your datawww.theverge.comexternal-link Chris Remington ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA Technology • 1 month ago message-square28arrow-up192
arrow-up192external-linkMozilla says its new Firefox terms don’t give it ownership of your datawww.theverge.com Chris Remington ( @remington@beehaw.org ) MA Technology • 1 month ago message-square28
minus-square melp ( @melp@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish41•1 month agoI learned a new term today that illustrates this move. Warrant canary. When a company disappears a promise it’s like a canary in a coal mine.
minus-square Pete Hahnloser ( @Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoMany sites have done this over the years. It’s called a warrant canary because in the footer, they’d say “we don’t comply with law-enforcement requests” … then comes the warrant, and the wording is removed.
I learned a new term today that illustrates this move. Warrant canary. When a company disappears a promise it’s like a canary in a coal mine.
Many sites have done this over the years. It’s called a warrant canary because in the footer, they’d say “we don’t comply with law-enforcement requests” … then comes the warrant, and the wording is removed.