Mozilla: Spying, Outsourcing, and Technical Architecture Group
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Mozilla ☛ Mozilla Privacy Blog: Global Privacy Control Empowers Individuals to Limit Privacy-Invasive Tracking
Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a proposed standard by PrivacyCG that aims to make privacy more accessible to everyone. Available now in Firefox version 120 and soon to be featured in Firefox for Android version 122, a new setting (in Preferences → Privacy & Security) has been introduced that allows users to enable GPC. With this opt-in feature, Firefox, on behalf of our users, can signal to websites to not sell or share user data with third parties.
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Mike Hommey: How I (kind of) killed Mercurial at Mozilla [Ed: What was accomplished? Outsourcing to proprietary software controlled by Microsoft?]
Did you hear the news? Firefox development is moving from Mercurial to Git. While the decision is far from being mine, and I was barely involved in the small incremental changes that ultimately led to this decision, I feel I have to take at least some responsibility. And if you are one of those who would rather use Mercurial than Git, you may direct all your ire at me.
But let's take a step back and review the past 25 years leading to this decision. You'll forgive me for skipping some details and any possible inaccuracies. This is already a long post, while I could have been more thorough, even I think that would have been too much. This is also not an official Mozilla position, only my personal perception and recollection as someone who was involved at times, but mostly an observer from a distance.
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Martin Thompson: Thoughts on TAG Design Reviews
Before I start on my thoughts, if you work for a W3C member organization, please head to the 2023 TAG Election page. Voting is open until 2023-12-14.
If you are considering how you might like to rank me when voting, read on. I can’t promise that this post will provide much additional context, but it might.
The W3C TAG is a bit of a strange institution. The TAG occupies a position of some privilege due to its standing within the W3C and the long-standing participation and sponsorship of Sir Tim Berners-Lee.