TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 month agoShould Mozilla be trusted?news.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoAren’t we supposed to be checking the code? Just make sure that when you uncheck all telemetry and don’t use an account, they don’t send your personal data. Its open source so it should be verifiable. You don’t need to “trust” them if there’s no data being sent in the first place.
minus-squaresinceasdf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI suspect the codebase for modern browsers has gotten so incredibly complex that it’s become difficult to audit for most people. But you’re right
Aren’t we supposed to be checking the code?
Just make sure that when you uncheck all telemetry and don’t use an account, they don’t send your personal data. Its open source so it should be verifiable. You don’t need to “trust” them if there’s no data being sent in the first place.
I suspect the codebase for modern browsers has gotten so incredibly complex that it’s become difficult to audit for most people. But you’re right