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The new data transmission permissions [for Firefox addons] seem to be misleading to users
(discourse.mozilla.org)
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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I swear that this is intentionally made. It wouldn't surprise me if the companies that sell our data pushed or even pay for this verbiage in order to scare regular users out of using these helpful extensions.
Yeah, I know I sound paranoid as fuck, but can you really blame me?