Well, I'm not implying that Mozilla did it, but rather that Pocket might have done it, or been unable to prove that they didn't if they were audited. The fact that Pocket was owned by Mozilla during the relevant period is not really up for debate, but whether they were aware of anything that did or didn't happen there is unknown, but they have a reasonable expectation for knowing such things as the corporate owner of Pocket.

I mean, it's kind of curious that the Pocket server source code never got fully released, even though Pocket was promised to be open sourced by Mozilla when they bought it. Now, Mozilla is ending Pocket, without ever delivering on their obligation to their users and donors. I don't mean to cast aspersions here, but this is not a good look for Mozilla, as their hand was forced, if our reading is correct, and this upcoming enforcement deadline is the reason behind Mozilla ending Pocket. Would they have closed Pocket on their own if they didn't have a reason? What was their stated reason?

Mozilla Firefox collects user data and shares it automatically:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making...

We should assume Firefox is sharing data because Mozilla tells us they are. Why should we believe differently for their lesser-known properties?

Firefox built-in spyware that cannot be disabled - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39166801 - January 2024 (45 comments)

> Looking at about:networking I can see connections to pocket (despite me disabling pocket in about:config) as well as connections to "firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com".

> And after research, it appears some of these are hard-coded into the source code on purpose for "security reasons" which is ridiculous.

> Mind you, my browser is hardened to it's best.. just felt like sharing this for anyone unaware that even if you harden Firefox, even if you go the extra 10 miles and edit about:config, it will still spy on you!