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You seem to be assuming that tracking only happens either through incompetence or government mandate? Companies also track users to make money. Just today there was the news that twitter is starting to track its users, for example (at least it is opt-out).



Tracking in client-side software that occurs to make money is typically described in privacy policies, and a browser adding additional tracking would likely cause an uproar. While Firefox may provide a better default regarding sync, there is a difference between saying "stop using Chrome" and "enable client-side encryption".


> Tracking in client-side software that occurs to make money is typically described in privacy policies, and a browser adding additional tracking would likely cause an uproar

Emphasis mine. Yes, you might trust them not to track you, or to trust that someone will find out if they do, and that you will hear about it if so. But far better would be to use an open source browser (either Firefox or Chromium).


The privacy policies do not tend to point out that this information may then be made available to governments.


Twitter has been and will continue to track users' (and possible non-users') external web activity through their embedded buttons on so many pages. They're now beginning to sell that data, and that's what you can opt out of.




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