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		Dylan16807 on Nov 6, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox Now Offers a More Private Browsing Experie... If pocket is "spyware", I'm not sure Firefox Sync is going to be considered all that much better.

pdkl95 on Nov 6, 2015 [–]

Sync was useful in it's original form that was encrypted entirely client-side. With the recent(-ish) changes, Sync should be considered spyware (or at least having the potential to be hijacked into spyware).

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