On 12/9/13, 6:32 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
If there are companies out there modifying Firefox links to include
affiliate identifiers to that they get extra money, how does it hinder
or stop them for us to engage in the same behaviour?
If we engage in this behaviour, it seems like this is less "fighting
back dirty" and more "joining in on the opposition's side".
I don't think Mozilla should "fight fire with fire". Rewriting users'
bookmarks to inject our own affiliate ID is clearly not "self defense"
because that "feature" provides zero protection against malware from
rewriting our rewritten URLs.
Instead Mozilla should shine light on these companies' unscrupulous
behavior and win users with respectful privacy solutions. For example,
Firefox could include features like encrypted profiles (unlocked into
memory by "logging into Firefox") or cloud-based bookmarks (as part of
Firefox Accounts) to prevent tampering.
chris
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