Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 20 hours agoMozilla says its new Firefox terms don’t give it ownership of your datawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkMozilla says its new Firefox terms don’t give it ownership of your datawww.theverge.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 20 hours agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremelp@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·15 hours 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-squarePete Hahnloser@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours 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.