6d ago

Just Noticied The Boycat Firefox Extension Warning Me Against Reddit

36 comments

heads up: this extension is not open-source, has an account system, and has a carve-out in its privacy policy for sending data it has collected about you through your account to third parties:

Edit: It also has no listed location, and the contact page is a 404. i'd definitely stay away from this.
Edit 2: from the tos
Governing Law
Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable Delaware corporate laws.
yeah, it's an american entity with pre-paid lawyers in the most litigious state in the us. uninstall this crap now.
- somebody from us is taping into anti us sentiment market here lol.
  (also no alternative to reddit? come on.)
  
  this is either a venture capital thing to collect and sell data, or an NSA thing to collect and use data later, probably both
  The point is to figure out who is anti-US, what their browsing patterns are, etc
- Yuck
- https://libredirect.github.io/
  
  not really the same usecase
- Can you expand more on the court laws of Delaware and California?
  
  Delaware in particular is very business-friendly in terms of law. Many businesses in the US incorporate in Delaware specifically due to how friendly the law is to their interests, usually to the detriment of the consumer.
  
  moody got the main point of it, but there's lots of shady shit in delaware when it comes to law. it's the main home of patent trolls, for one. there was a, i think, vice documentary some years ago where they went around a huge office building with nobody in it, every door had like five company names on it; they just needed an office in that jurisdiction to be able to do legal proceedings there. because the district attorney and judge were father and son.
- Anyone know a good alternative service (not necessarily an extension)?
If only there was something else.
- Hmm, you know, it is right on the tip of my tongue. just can't spit it out
  
  Le... leeeee......... Lenard???
  Damn I forgot too
  
  Lemmy tell you something.
- For a similar level of bots and influencers, maybe TikTok
I submitted feedback that Piefed, Mbin and Lemmy exists as good alternatives.
- Good job!
I have a boycat. He's snoozing on the sofa next to me.
- What does he think about Reddit?
  
  I had to cut off his access. He kept trolling the bird subs with comments like "Looks delicious!"
since i didn't see it otherwise posted, the boycat website is: https://www.boycat.io/
I did not know this extension existed
- Someone also told me they got banned from Reddit for criticizing Israel.
  
  Well now I'm adding it.
  
  Unless you're being sarcastic, I'd question that source heavily... It's overwhelmingly the other way around.
No alternatives found

36 comments

Governing Law

Jurisdiction