Mozilla is Introducing 'Terms of Use' to Firefox - OMG! Ubuntu
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Hot off the back of its recent leadership rejig, Mozilla has announced users of Firefox will soon be subject to a 'Terms of Use' policy — a first for the

From the new terms:

When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to help you navigate, experience, and interact with online content as you indicate with your use of Firefox.

  • @[email protected]
    7•1 day ago

    Yeah, something like:

    When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information to provide the following services:

    Then list the specific services.

    If I don’t use any of the services, they have no right to use any of my data.

      • @[email protected]
        1•1 day ago

        Yeah, they should have a general one that lays out their intentions, and then addendums for each service. It’s hard to tell which are intended to apply strictly to Firefox and which are intended to apply to other things, like AI, Pocket, Sync, etc.

        Keep the base one small and tight, and then have specific exceptions for services that require them.