> Mozilla doesn’t sell data about you (in the way that most people think about “selling data“), and we don’t buy data about you. Since we strive for transparency, and the LEGAL definition of “sale of data“ is extremely broad in some places, we’ve had to step back from making the definitive statements you know and love. We still put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share with our partners (which we need to do to make Firefox commercially viable) is stripped of any identifying information, or shared only in the aggregate, or is put through our privacy preserving technologies (like OHTTP).

Maybe we can all take a step back before jumping to conclusions so quickly.

This feels more like legal posturing than a malicious change.

[0]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/faq/

> We still put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share with our partners

This. What they seem to be saying is that -- at best -- they're riding so close to the edge of selling data that strict legal interpretations of the term "sale" have become important to them. It sounds like they're doing some shenanigans like not providing access to raw data, but doing some of the processing advertisers would do and selling that data.

Thanks for your post. It's possible that they're preparing to sell our data, but it's also possible, based on the wording, that they're telling the truth about needing to change their privacy policy for different legal jurisdictions.

I do however want to raise a concern that Mozilla is currently facing a funding crisis[1], and they are likely scrambling to find a way to monetise something.

I've edited the title and description of my post for accuracy.

[0]: https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b...

[1]: https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5985554/mozilla-faces-financ...

- delete data upon exit (cookies,... are gone): this is no go for day-to-day browser.

there are a few more i have to change out of the box as well but other than that, all is good.

Import of settings was confusing, but these restarts are a great way to prune bookmarks and never-used extensions. Other than this, operation has been smooth sailing.

GhostText just connected to the editor that Firefox and Safari were using. And ublock-origin was my first extension loaded.

https://www.waterfox.net/