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by newuser88273 4016 days ago
Expecting privacy (or privacy-preserving security) from Google products has always been folly.

Mozilla used to be different. However, when Brendan was purged, first doubts may have arisen. Now that we also see cyber-bully Klabnik on their payroll, the probability has risen sharply that Mozilla has been successfully subverted into a political pressure group.

Since Mozilla now is enrolled in support of the dominant ideology, it has no incentive for supporting privacy anymore, either: The dominant ideology wants minority opinion holders to be outed and ostracised.

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How could I not think of that! Hiring a kind of SJW-ey guy to write Rust docs is just a small step in the direction of clear-text passwords and the removal of HTTPS from Firefox. Better switch to Gnome Web, then.
If Mozilla was a-political, Klabnik couldn't work there if Brendan couldn't. He can, and Mozilla isn't.

Actually, the politicalization of Mozilla means that everything technical will lose priority over time.

There's no such thing as an apolitical organization; their very structure is based on underlying political beliefs.
Mmk.