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0 pointsamelius8y ago0 comments

Still, Firefox could automatically switch to e.g. Duckduckgo whenever the user is in incognito mode.

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I love the idea. Would you mind mind filing a bug on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/?

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411340

One more idea - any chance you guys are making a Firefox Focus for the desktop? It's great on mobile, would love a desktop version too!

deftturtle8y ago

It's just a content blocker + private browsing. Can get same functionality on desktop with private browsing and some ad blocker

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Yoric8y ago

(I should add that, while I work at Mozilla this is my personal view, not Mozilla's official view, yada, yada)

Skylled8y ago

Their privacy-focused mobile browser, Firefox Focus, defaults to DDG.

oatmealsnap8y ago

That's a great idea, along with a message explaining why.

talmand8y ago

Well, they could, but I would assume a contract with Google would prevent that.

luckystarr8y ago

Could. We don't know what's in this contract.

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s17n8y ago

Pretty sure Google doesn't circumvent incognito so what's the point?

fenwick678y ago

Google certainly tracks people by their IP address, so your privacy is lesser with Google as your search engine than DDG.

ameliusOP8y ago

Not only that, but it also raises awareness of private search engines with the general audience.

s17n8y ago

Are you sure? I thought they didn't do this.

yuhong8y ago

Though keep in mind it dates back to 2004.

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Yoric8y ago

I love the idea. Would you mind mind filing a bug on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/?

nkantar8y ago

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411340

SkyMarshal8y ago

One more idea - any chance you guys are making a Firefox Focus for the desktop? It's great on mobile, would love a desktop version too!

deftturtle8y ago

It's just a content blocker + private browsing. Can get same functionality on desktop with private browsing and some ad blocker

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Yoric8y ago

(I should add that, while I work at Mozilla this is my personal view, not Mozilla's official view, yada, yada)

Skylled8y ago

Their privacy-focused mobile browser, Firefox Focus, defaults to DDG.

oatmealsnap8y ago

That's a great idea, along with a message explaining why.

talmand8y ago

Well, they could, but I would assume a contract with Google would prevent that.

luckystarr8y ago

Could. We don't know what's in this contract.

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s17n8y ago

Pretty sure Google doesn't circumvent incognito so what's the point?

fenwick678y ago

Google certainly tracks people by their IP address, so your privacy is lesser with Google as your search engine than DDG.

ameliusOP8y ago

Not only that, but it also raises awareness of private search engines with the general audience.

s17n8y ago

Are you sure? I thought they didn't do this.

yuhong8y ago

Though keep in mind it dates back to 2004.

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