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by hellcow 2189 days ago
Respectfully, Comcast has an ATROCIOUS privacy record. Full stop. A quick search came up with [1] [2] [3].

Your employer actively and repeatedly abuses the privacy and trust of its customers. It also lobbies for damaging policies.

I do not trust Comcast. Firefox associating itself with Comcast makes me trust Firefox significantly less.

[1] https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kama...

[2] https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/comcast-fined-9-mil...

[3] https://consumerist.com/2016/04/01/comcast-says-fcc-privacy-...

1 comments

> Your employer... It also lobbies for damaging policies.

To be sure, jlivingood isn't just some enterprise grunt with an opinion, but VP of Technology Policy & Standards.

Do you have a link for this? This is a pretty big difference in disclosure.
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/06/25/comcasts-xfinity-in...

Compare the username to the "Vice President, Technology Policy and Standards at Comcast Cable" in this blog post.

Thanks!

To save people the click.

User name in question: jlivingood

> Jason Livingood, Vice President, Technology Policy and Standards at Comcast Cable.