Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.firefox Subject: Re: Is there a de-mozzilla'd FIrefox (similar to degoogled chromium)? Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 13:09:50 -0700 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <1061qe9$29dl$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <1062mdb$v70$2@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> <1062qv6$v70$4@ereborbbs.duckdns.org> <10631u8$30jtj$1@paganini.bofh.team> <1068jlo$2v9n$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <106bimq$fd4$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <9uti8kd3rlqljdd5klssmns3jf57dm2625@4ax.com> <106bu7s$2m9f$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <68897D74.2010609@backwurst.de> <106cg35$6gc$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net kKwlLtfvYpgaQdnuKlSSPAGc7EPp/7E5Sw+kqIgEuvO8TVP8pI Cancel-Lock: sha1:HO2hzfPNVB1XtED7XBcJsqT7MqI= sha256:UpoUT+nBOiGvEVqdDUKqA0e+CA50yR+uR5EgHnL+9ao= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.firefox:14402 Mike Easter wrote: > There is no such thing as a free ride when you impose all of the > restrictions you have decided upon. Completely free anonymity on the internet comes at a price to someone. Various providers who can 'easily' accommodate anonymity w/ their services do so for whatever their own 'personal' reasons. Free/open NSPs, free mail2news, a 'certain amount' of free VPN, free tor. There's not much (hardly any) free connectivity; there used to be a free local dialup provider but that went away, there is some free wifi and it is possible to 'steal' some wifi. So, given that it is likely /easier/ to anonymize payment, it is /perhaps/ easier to anonymize one's whole persona at a relatively low cost, than to try to get some kind of 'perfect' free anonymity online. I'm frugal, but I'm also practical. I'm also a skeptic; watch out for those who are providing you a free product, you may BE the product. -- Mike Easter