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Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Wait... Who is "it" in "it's CEO"??? Which CEO has ties?

I guess I'll have to actually read the article.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The CEO of Onerep had founded multiple brokers.

What isn’t mentioned anywhere except the original investigation, it also claims to be a Virginia-based company but is operating out of Belarus and Cyprus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Here's the actual source, the original investigation post is linked in it too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What did the article say?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It was the other company CEO with dubious ties.