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Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] phx@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No I read the title as Mozilla's CEO being tied to brokers.

A better title might be "Mozilla just ditched a privacy partner whose CEO was found to have ties with data brokers"

[โ€“] arefx@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

But it clearly does not say that if you take your time to think about the words you are reading so clearly you glossed over it without any real reading comprehension going on.......