@firefox, the “last privacy-respecting browser” now nags you with in-browser pop-ups to let AI generate “key points” when you long-press links.

Mozilla CEO: “AI should always be a choice – something people can easily turn off”

Then why the fuck is it off by default? Why the fuck am I getting pop-ups asking me to try features I didn’t ask for? That’s not a choice. That’s opt-out with a fucking marketing budget.

What the fuck happened to you, Mozilla.

They spent WEEKS in damage control promising an “AI kill switch” and then shipped it fucking disabled. That is the most gaslit UX I have ever seen in my life.

“Help me @librewolf - you’re my only hope.”

Settings > AI Controls > Block AI enhancements. Do it now, because they won’t do it for you.

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Edit: a few corrections thanks to @Feyd:

“Hover over links”

  • It’s a long-press / context menu action, not a passive hover. That’s a meaningful distinction because hover implies it’s happening constantly without intent, which is way more invasive than what’s actually happening.

“Sending page content to ML models”

  • the default link preview (before you enable key points) just reads the Open Graph meta tags – the same og:title / og:description metadata that generates link cards in Slack, Discord, iMessage, etc. That’s not AI, that’s just HTML parsing.
  • even when you DO opt into the AI key points feature, it runs a local on-device model, not shipping your page content off to some cloud endpoint.

#Firefox #Mozilla #AI #InfoSec #Privacy #Fediverse #OpenWeb

  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
    552·
    4 months ago

    That is the most gaslit UX I have ever seen in my life.

    That is the most obnoxiously incorrect therapy speak usage of “gaslit/gaslighting” I have ever seen in my life.

    • k3ymđ–ș€@infosec.exchangeOP
      330·
      4 months ago

      @TheTechnician27 you’re technically making a point about language inflation, but you picked maybe the worst possible example to die on that hill because “we said it’s opt-in but it’s actually opt-out” is genuinely closer to gaslighting than 95% of the times people use that word online.

      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
        333·
        4 months ago

        ahem

        tap mic

        align notes

        adjust glasses

        Lying is not the same thing as gaslighting, you colossal fuckmuppet.

        • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
          34·
          4 months ago

          if you’re going to play grammar Nazi with someone else’s imperfect English, at least exhibit some basic literacy yourself and read what they said.

          @k3ym0@infosec.exchange said they were closer, not that they were right.

          • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            4 months ago

            Did you ditch your original comment because:

            • You didn’t realize you could edit?
            • You were somehow unable to edit?
            • You accidentally deleted your comment and didn’t realize you can undelete?
            • You wanted to ditch your negative upvote count and move to greener pastures?

            I’m legitimately confused at what happened here; this is ostensibly the exact same comment I already replied to except that I don’t think you invoked “grammar Nazi” before. (Ironically: learn what the fuck a “grammar Nazi” is before accusing someone of being one.)

          • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
            122·
            4 months ago

            if you’re going to correct someone else’s imperfect English

            It’s not about “imperfect English”; it’s about lazily, selfishly abusing real therapy terms in places they don’t apply in a way that strips away crucial language from victims of abuse and genercizes it to absolute meaninglessness. I’m not going to argue the truth or merits of “closer” when they’re a fucking million miles away from what the word means; you’re upset with me for not playing into their fallacious relative privation bullshit, and I categorically don’t care.