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Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers (www.theverge.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Mozilla ends partnership with Onerep due to CEO's ties to data broker
  • Onerep's data removal service bundled into Mozilla's Monitor Plus subscription
  • Onerep CEO admits to owning people-search websites, leading to end of partnership with Mozilla. Transition plan in progress.
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[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Laura. Her past affiliations are concerning. I'm aware she's seated on an interim position, but I can't imagine that there weren't any better candidates.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not everything in her past is stuff I like, am interested in, or agree with, but I don't see anything in her history that means she can't be a CEO or that her appointment should concern me.

What has she done that makes you worry?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not her actions, it's her past workplaces. AirBnB in particular is concerning. It's not exactly a secret that thanks to AirBnBs business model, and the lack of regulation of it, that the housing markets in several countries have gotten fucked completely. Something she chose to work with and directly support.

I somehow rank the right to have a place to live slightly above the right to have open access to the internet (though not by much), and as such I wouldn't want anyone with her affiliations in any such senior position at Mozilla, temporary or no.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I 100% agree with your stance on AirBnB.

I just don't see how that would make someone ineffective as an interim CEO for a web browser company

Shit, I have history working for McDonald's, HP, and IBM. All companies that have also done a litany of questionable shit. Does it make me bad? Am I not pure enough for Mozilla either?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Ah, zoomer purity tests.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

What exactly did she do that is concerning?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Ok, that's why she's interim and they're looking for someone else.