A Dangerous Conflict of Interest Between Firefox and Google | Linux Today

A Dangerous Conflict of Interest Between Firefox and Google

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 2007

“The Firefox browser may not be as independent as previously
thought. Mozilla essentially owns Firefox, and it proved so when it
flexed its muscles last year in forcing Debian to rename its
browser IceWeasel.

“However, the open secret in the tech sector is that at the end
of the day, Google calls the shots. As this blog post will explain,
when a pro-user security feature in the browser threatens Google’s
business model, it is the feature that is made to compromise–not
the search engine…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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