On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:23:59 +0000 (UTC), Red Blade wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:37:08 -0700, Snit wrote: > >> On 7/13/13 6:17 PM, in article krsu84$sef$1...@dont-email.me, "Red Blade" >> <penac...@yomomma.hot.invalid> wrote: >> >>> Mozilla has abandoned its principles of privacy and security and open- >>> source by hiding the option to customize Javascript. Unless you're >>> willing to get into about:config, now you're victim of right-click >>> blocking, increasingly clever pop-up ads, malicious tracking, and >>> scripted malware. Firefox is no more secure than M$IE or NSA-Chrome >>> now. >>> Another tech industry whore-out falls like a domino, this time a >>> "non-"profit whore-out. Thanks a lot, guys. >> >> Or you can install Developer Tools or, I am sure, any one of the dozen >> extensions that will give you the functionality back if you want it in >> easy access. > > With the way the tech industry is going, it's only a matter of time > before all ideals of integrity, privacy rights, and free and open source > software are completely gone. (Can less-popular addons like Adblock True > and Adblock Edge keep up with rolling release?) > > Through the years, I warned people on Usenet and IRC (especially > Freenode) about NSA code in Linux and they told me "Living Standard" was > a MAFIAA coup waiting to happen. They said "You're crazy", "it's > impossible", "You're paranoid", "Don't use the Internet at all!", etc. > Now look what their gullibility and blind trust of government spooks and > multinational corporations got us!
This has been going on for years.... It's nothing new. It's just that the sheep have been poked with a stick and don't like it. -- flatfish+++ PLEASE VISIT OUR HALL OF LINUX IDIOTS: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
