[HUMOR] Pale Moon is a "spyware" according this article.

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Re: [HUMOR] Pale Moon is a "spyware" according this article.

Unread post by Latitude » 2018-05-27, 14:38

The funny thing:
The default search engine is the privacy-respecting DuckDuckGo, however search suggestions are enabled by default, which could send a request for every letter you've typed, all while you think it stays in-browser until you press Enter.
The question is to where the request would go. Of course, it would go to search provider site (i.e. DDG), not to the advertisers or NSA or something else.
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Re: [HUMOR] Pale Moon is a "spyware" according this article.

Unread post by SpockFan02 » 2018-05-27, 20:02

Also, literally any browser that you search with will do this. At least they sort of acknowledge this...
Spyware Watchdog wrote:Pale Moon, in the end, has less privacy issues than Firefox...
But of course they recommend disabling the extensions blocklist. :roll:

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Re: [HUMOR] Pale Moon is a "spyware" according this article.

Unread post by Moonchild » 2018-05-28, 01:55

And this, my fellow users, is why you should never just take a random article as gospel.
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