Re: Crosspost test [was: Firefox "Account"?]

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From	Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com>
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Subject	Re: Crosspost test [was: Firefox "Account"?]
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On 4/10/2021 8:46 AM, Dave Royal wrote:
> "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> Wrote in message:r
>> I've been asked, by an 82 (I think) year old lady I support, this:---please can you advise me?  I have been asked by my Firefox Browser if I want to create a Firefox Account and sign in with my email address? I don't need to, it says, but if I sign in then Firefox can protect the privacy of my on line life better.  Is it a good idea? Is it free?  So far, I have NOT signed into anything!  I don't want to pay as it seems OK now but if free and if it makes online life safer, then maybe a good idea?---First I've heard of it, but I use a very old Firefox; I think hers is set to auto-update.Is this something that's only happened with a recent version? (If not, why has she only been asked now? She's been using Firefox for years.)Are the claims valid? I can't see how having any sort of account can "protect privacy", but I imagine there's some obscure sense (which may well not apply to her) in which the claim is true.-- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf"If even one person" arguments allow the perfect to become the enemy of thegood, and thus they tend to cause more harm than good.- Jimmy Akins quoted by Scott Adams, 2015-5-5
> 
> This is test arising from Chris Ramsden's post about
>   cross-posting. Apologies for the noise.
> 
> This no-longer-supported and very-buggy Android newsreader does
>   not show that the OP is cross-posted. I can see that only from
>   displaying headers.
> 
> Replying as I am now only shows alt.comp.software.firefox. If this
>   reply also goes to netscape.whatever that's another thing for me
>   to watch out for.
> 
> (It doesn't quote properly, either.)


So why are you using it?


-- 
Ken

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