“I get it. My affiliation with a people search business may look odd from the outside,” Shelest’s statement reads. “In truth, if I hadn’t taken that initial path with a deep dive into how people search sites work, Onerep wouldn’t have the best tech and team in the space. Still, I now appreciate that we did not make this more clear in the past and I’m aiming to do better in the future.”
“Who better to fix the problem than me, it’s creator!” He’s not exactly wrong and it is possible to reform and become an industry leader combating the issue you were once guilty of doing yourself. There are countless examples of that throughout the history of the tech space. However, you absolutely cannot hide that kind of background if you are looking to operate in the privacy and cyber security field. Doing so is incredibly shady and not the behavior of someone who’s turned white hat.
Firefox had no option but to walk away immediately and I’m glad they did. It’s unfortunate that this information’s only come to light now though.
Agreed. Seems that if someone is truly wanting to be a part of the fix to something they helped create. Then they should be the first person to call themselves out for it. Hiding a fact that can already be found by the people you are trying to get the support of is foolish. Even if you are faking the whole “changed as a person” thing, it is the worst optics for “re-branding” yourself. The “villain to hero arc” is a freaking core element of so many genres of fiction. And for non-fiction, people love seeing people seek redemption and self-improvement. Fucking amateur time over here.
they’re constantly trying to get you to have google as your search engine
Are they? I use firefox on my laptop and have never gotten any pop ups or anything about changing my search engine to google or anything else for that matter.
“Constantly” is a ridiculous exaggeration, it’s rare and it’s not some random nagging prompt or anything. It’s tied to software updates wherein the list of default search engines Firefox suggests in preferences is also updated.
Why did my search engine change?
From time to time, Mozilla may update the list of search engines that are available in Firefox or set as default in specific regions. If your default search engine is changed, you’ll receive a notification in Firefox so you can further customize your default search settings.
If you received a notification that your default search engine has changed after updating Firefox, you can keep the new default or set a search engine of your choice.
Right, I’ve had updates 2x a week sometimes. Then it goes for a long time. I’m not complaining about the updates, just that I have to go through all of my settings every time.
“Who better to fix the problem than me, it’s creator!” He’s not exactly wrong and it is possible to reform and become an industry leader combating the issue you were once guilty of doing yourself. There are countless examples of that throughout the history of the tech space. However, you absolutely cannot hide that kind of background if you are looking to operate in the privacy and cyber security field. Doing so is incredibly shady and not the behavior of someone who’s turned white hat.
Firefox had no option but to walk away immediately and I’m glad they did. It’s unfortunate that this information’s only come to light now though.
I could imagine an Oppenheimer situation where he deeply regretted what he had created.
But I highly suspect this was more of a case of “don’t look deeply into my past”, which, is quite ironic given what he did.
I mean, he still owns it. He can’t be that regretful.
Agreed. Seems that if someone is truly wanting to be a part of the fix to something they helped create. Then they should be the first person to call themselves out for it. Hiding a fact that can already be found by the people you are trying to get the support of is foolish. Even if you are faking the whole “changed as a person” thing, it is the worst optics for “re-branding” yourself. The “villain to hero arc” is a freaking core element of so many genres of fiction. And for non-fiction, people love seeing people seek redemption and self-improvement. Fucking amateur time over here.
Firefox has a wee bit of stink anyway, they’re the best out there though.
Are they? I use firefox on my laptop and have never gotten any pop ups or anything about changing my search engine to google or anything else for that matter.
Mine automatically changes and I have to go and delete all of the other search engines besides duck duck go every other update.
I’ve never had that issue with ff+ddg
Lucky you, I wish it was that way for me. The guy below says that it’s common with updates, so I don’t think I"m the only one.
The guy below does not say it’s common with updates, they say it is happens with updates that update the default list of providers, which are rare.
“Constantly” is a ridiculous exaggeration, it’s rare and it’s not some random nagging prompt or anything. It’s tied to software updates wherein the list of default search engines Firefox suggests in preferences is also updated.
Source via support.mozilla.org
Right, I’ve had updates 2x a week sometimes. Then it goes for a long time. I’m not complaining about the updates, just that I have to go through all of my settings every time.