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Mozilla: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy

Mozilla: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy

Posted Sep 6, 2023 16:41 UTC (Wed) by frostsnow (subscriber, #114957)
Parent article: Mozilla: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy

>Proof, once again, that running Linux does not automatically make a device privacy-friendly.
Possibly a good example of the difference between "Linux" and "GNU/Linux".


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Mozilla: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy

Posted Sep 6, 2023 17:26 UTC (Wed) by tao (subscriber, #17563) [Link] (5 responses)

Linux is just the kernel. TTBOMK Linux has no "phone home" functionality. I doubt that the GNU components of the userland software has either. Most likely it's the proprietary bits that phone home.

Mozilla: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy

Posted Sep 6, 2023 19:19 UTC (Wed) by intelfx (subscriber, #130118) [Link] (4 responses)

That’s exactly, I believe, the point the GP is making. When we speak of “Linux”, it can very well mean “Linux with a non-user-respecting userland”. Thus, if we want to say “the good kind of Linux”, we should specify the userland also.

GNU doesn't make a difference here

Posted Sep 6, 2023 20:24 UTC (Wed) by ghodgkins (subscriber, #157257) [Link] (3 responses)

You can just as well put the non-user-respecting functionality on top of a GNU userland, or build it with a GNU toolchain. Tools built with good intentions can be used for bad things, especially when the tool is widely-distributed open source software.

GNU doesn't make a difference here

Posted Sep 7, 2023 16:21 UTC (Thu) by frostsnow (subscriber, #114957) [Link] (2 responses)

>You can just as well put the non-user-respecting functionality on top of a GNU userland, or build it with a GNU toolchain.
Theoretically true, but I'm not yet aware of anyone who has done that.

GNU doesn't make a difference here

Posted Sep 7, 2023 17:13 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

If you consider DRM to be a bad intention, then there are plenty of DRM-ed hardware that uses the GNU stack. Including even GCC under GPLv3 and other utilities.

GNU doesn't make a difference here

Posted Sep 8, 2023 18:01 UTC (Fri) by xtifr (guest, #143) [Link]

Didn't Ubuntu add opt-out tracking to their system at one point?


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