Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoFirefox's beta feature "Smart Window" shared browsing and search history to AI models without promptingwww.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square134fedilinkarrow-up1664arrow-down112cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1652arrow-down1external-linkFirefox's beta feature "Smart Window" shared browsing and search history to AI models without promptingwww.omgubuntu.co.ukBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square134fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60arrow-down6·19 hours agoI’m willing to give them a pass since this was a development build and while someone probably should’ve thought of it, it’s the kind of bug that can happen. If this was the public release it would be a lot more outrageous.
minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·18 hours agoFinding out about this gives me some extra questions, though. Was this data summarized on enabling this window, or before? Did it use an existing model, or re-use one that someone may have already downloaded for a different feature? Is this activity going anywhere else, like Mozilla’s recent “privacy-preserving” advertising? When this does release, what will the default be?
I’m willing to give them a pass since this was a development build and while someone probably should’ve thought of it, it’s the kind of bug that can happen. If this was the public release it would be a lot more outrageous.
Finding out about this gives me some extra questions, though.