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Firefox is part of Microsoft ?

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orca48
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As I understand it Firefox is a subsidiary of Microsoft.

How do I know I am not being tracked, because Microsoft are the most invasive company known to man. All APP's have TOTALLY unaceptable terms and conditions, yet Microsoft choose to bully people into accepting the T & C otherwise they cannot download any APP's. Most of the data DEMANDING access to is unnecessary for 99% of APP's

Big Brother creeping na' galloping in!

How do I get real privacy back ? or do Microsoft intend to continue bullying people in this way ?

As I understand it Firefox is a subsidiary of Microsoft. How do I know I am not being tracked, because Microsoft are the most invasive company known to man. All APP's have TOTALLY unaceptable terms and conditions, yet Microsoft choose to bully people into accepting the T & C otherwise they cannot download any APP's. Most of the data DEMANDING access to is unnecessary for 99% of APP's Big Brother creeping na' galloping in! How do I get real privacy back ? or do Microsoft intend to continue bullying people in this way ?

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James
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Just where did you come across that misinformation?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation

Firefox is the current name of web browser (was Firebird and Phoenix before) and not a company or such as it is made by Mozilla.

The desktop Firefox is not just for Windows but also Mac OSX and Linux and also mobile Firefox for Android. There is also the Firefox OS and a shell browser in testing on iOS currently.

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