Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] Firefox sync in IceCat 38.3.0

[Jonas Wielicki]

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On 21.11.2015 15:44, David Hedlund wrote:
> On 2015-11-19 03:38, Richard Stallman wrote:
>> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider 
>> ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all 
>> enemies,     ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow
>>  Snowden's example. ]]]
>> 
>>> "Tools -> Set Up Sync..." opens 
>>> about:accounts?entrypoint=menubar
>> which
>>> first says "Continue", then "Create a Firefox Account to 
>>> continue to Firefox Sync" (as long as LibreJS is disabled), 
>>> otherwise it says "Firefox Accounts requires JavaScript.". 
>>> However, the problem with Firefox Sync is that it is a cloud, 
>>> not that it is uses non-free JS.
>> 
>> Is it the case that Firefox sync does nothing unless the user 
>> creates a special sync account?
>> 
> 
> That is correct. However, we do not encourage SaaSS per gnu.org at
>  least.

Remember that at least with about:config hackery it is possible to set
up your own sync and even accounts server. I have done the former and
it is working fine. So do not remove the sync feature light-heartedly
from IceCat.

regards,
jwi
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