Former Facebook execs are running Firefox adtech

by jordigh on 3/11/2025, 4:48:39 PM with 7 comments

  • by autoexec on 3/11/2025, 6:09:24 PM

    This is very old news, but I'm glad the word is getting out. Firefox is an ad-tech company now and should be avoided.

  • by iszomer on 3/11/2025, 5:55:12 PM

    I transitioned to Waterfox. It has a couple issues such as being unable to login to my banking services and getting Youtube to sign into Google's SSO but I hope to resolve at a later time. Be prepared to reconfigure all your extensions again though..

  • by lxgr on 3/11/2025, 9:34:40 PM

    > All data processed by Anonym is encrypted end-to-end. Data is processed in Trusted Execution Environments using Intel SGX.

    Oh boy... (And I say that as a cautious optimist about both Firefox and secure enclaves.)

  • by rvz on 3/11/2025, 5:03:50 PM

    Lots of expletives in the article, but the TL;DR:

    Mozilla bought an ad-tracking company run by ex-Meta executives and Mozilla is selling your browsing activity in Firefox "privately" to advertisers.

    Mozilla has given up on privacy.