Hi Gervase, There are plenty of Open Source messaging apps such as Signal that don't restrict users from using the servers based on age. Not all countries restrict people under 13 to use the Internet. At least the service could have a check box that states that the user is abiding their country's laws.
So the cloud feature *does* use end - to - end encryption? As Google Chrome for sure wouldn't use end - to - end encryption. Kind regards Joe On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Gervase Markham <g...@mozilla.org> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > On 09/12/17 17:20, Joe Smith wrote: > > I wanted to express my thoughts over Firefox. Firefox may be a great > > browser especially with the new browser that has been released but there > is > > something that violates the term "Free (as in freedom, not beer) and Open > > Source", is the fact that Firefox does not allow users to use the cloud > > features such as sync etc if the user is below 13 years old. > > I haven't consulted our legal team, but the reason for this is probably: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act > > > If a software claims to be a "free and open source software", why does > > Firefox violate that principle by preventing users from doing something. > > It's not actually Firefox itself, it's the remote services which have > these conditions attached. If you can find some, you are welcome to > install addons or use websites via Firefox which do not have such > restrictions. A server running open source software does not mean it is > required that the server operators permit everyone to use the server. > > > Also may I suggest if a user wanted to use the cloud features, why > doesn't > > it use end-to-end encryption? > > What makes you think that it doesn't? > > Gerv > > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
