Mozilla To Focus On User Centric Services In 2012
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Oct 16, 2024
Oct 16, 2024
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Mozilla seems to be trying to get its moral compass right along with the obvious progress to its web browser this year. Mozilla is planning new features for its web browser, most of which would require user's personal data. Understanding the sensitivity of the issue, Mozilla promises that user sovereignty as well as privacy would be maintained.
With the advance of social networks and the facilities that internet provides with one click, user sovereignty has grown over the past few years. Though the browser fully functions under user control, there are occasions when it acts on users' behalf which might be of questionable value to some people. Keeping in mind the privacy clause, Mozilla is working on an innovative approach to #-Link-Snipped-#, a <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">B2G - MozillaWiki</a>, and #-Link-Snipped-# services. To provide these services to users, Mozilla needs to store user data on its servers at a much larger scale than what is available now. Mozilla is planning to do so with great care and has already tried a few pilot evaluations.
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The current approach of Firefox Sync doesn't allow Mozilla to see your data, so even in case of server breach, the client's data would not be compromised. This is because Mozilla uses application-level encryption. But encryption isn't appropriate for all applications so Mozilla feels. To provide realistic alternative services, Mozilla requires storing user data on our servers, often without application-level encryption. To make that possible with maximum data security at hand, Mozilla has set some design guidelines.
Mozilla has made it clear that direct user benefit would be available with the data that Mozilla will collect. The data would be kept in an organized way with purpose and location of each data specifically defined. Mozilla will also follow minimization of idle data, for example, if servers are only to provide a transit point for data, then that data should only transit, never be stored. Rather than keeping individual data points, data will be aggregated wherever possible. All said, Mozilla has kept the option of application-level encryption open.
Any issues will be tracked in Bugzilla, with a high-level tracking issue called “Data Safety.â€Â Mozilla welcomes your feedback, in blogs, on #-Link-Snipped-#, or on Twitter with the hashtag <tt>#mozdatasafety</tt>.
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With the advance of social networks and the facilities that internet provides with one click, user sovereignty has grown over the past few years. Though the browser fully functions under user control, there are occasions when it acts on users' behalf which might be of questionable value to some people. Keeping in mind the privacy clause, Mozilla is working on an innovative approach to #-Link-Snipped-#, a <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">B2G - MozillaWiki</a>, and #-Link-Snipped-# services. To provide these services to users, Mozilla needs to store user data on its servers at a much larger scale than what is available now. Mozilla is planning to do so with great care and has already tried a few pilot evaluations.
#-Link-Snipped-#
The current approach of Firefox Sync doesn't allow Mozilla to see your data, so even in case of server breach, the client's data would not be compromised. This is because Mozilla uses application-level encryption. But encryption isn't appropriate for all applications so Mozilla feels. To provide realistic alternative services, Mozilla requires storing user data on our servers, often without application-level encryption. To make that possible with maximum data security at hand, Mozilla has set some design guidelines.
Mozilla has made it clear that direct user benefit would be available with the data that Mozilla will collect. The data would be kept in an organized way with purpose and location of each data specifically defined. Mozilla will also follow minimization of idle data, for example, if servers are only to provide a transit point for data, then that data should only transit, never be stored. Rather than keeping individual data points, data will be aggregated wherever possible. All said, Mozilla has kept the option of application-level encryption open.
Any issues will be tracked in Bugzilla, with a high-level tracking issue called “Data Safety.â€Â Mozilla welcomes your feedback, in blogs, on #-Link-Snipped-#, or on Twitter with the hashtag <tt>#mozdatasafety</tt>.
Source: #-Link-Snipped-# Image Credit: First Person Cookie