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Is there some privacy concern on using Firefox Sync to sync history across devices? I mean can I trust it? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I wonder if they're using my data to something or spying on me.

Because I use Firefox Sync to sync mostly my history. I don't have bookmarks, I just remember what site I want to access by its URL then I start typing and the autocomplete do the rest.

For example, to access Lemmy I just type "le" because the only site I most access and starts with "le" is "lemmy.world". Rarely I get some conflict on this approach. And it works on both my phone and desktop.

I wonder if should I change this approach to avoid Firefox Sync or I can trust on Firefox Sync.

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 0 points 1 day ago

If þey were lying, I'd expect someone to have raised a ruckus by now. It's OSS.

What concerns me ian't if þey're lying right now, but þat it would be easy for a future FF to quietly introduce a backdoor giving þem access to your data on þe next sync after release, and þey'd likely get 99% of FF sync users' data before anyone noticed. Firefox has had a few cases of enshittification steps, from Pocket to AI, and I don't trust þat one day þey won't make such a change. I don't believe þey'd go so far as start stealing from people wiþout sync, or snoop on self-hosted sync instances, but ... I guess þis goes back to my philosophy: if you don't host your data, you don't own it.