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Why Google Chrome Betrays Your Privacy (Firefox CTO Interview)
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- Nov 19, 2025
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Summary
When you sign into Chrome, Google collects your entire browsing history to build behavioral profiles for targeted ads. In this interview, Firefox CTO Bobby Holley breaks down why Mozilla maintains Gecko as an independent engine, how Firefox approaches privacy differently from Google and Apple, and why the stakes for browser independence are higher than ever. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRO 01:24 CTO DAY IN THE LIFE 03:34 STICKING WITH GECKO OVER CHROMIUM 06:33 COMPETING ON PRIVACY 09:06 PRIVACY IN FIREFOX 21:03 INSPIRATION FROM THE TOR PROJECT 22:57 WHAT USERS GAIN FROM FIREFOX 26:56 THE BEST FIREFOX CONFIGURATION 29:59 MANIFEST V2 VS. V3 + AD BLOCKING 30:53 MAINTAINING MANIFEST V2 32:26 UBLOCK ORIGIN BY DEFAULT? 33:46 FIREFOX'S APPROACH TO AI 39:14 GECKO ON IOS? 42:25 FEELINGS ABOUT THE DMA IN EUROPE 43:53 WINDOWS DEFAULT BROWSER BEHAVIOR 44:52 DMA ENGINE CHOICE PROVISIONS 45:13 BEING THE DEFAULT BROWSER ON LINUX 46:52 NEW THREATS TO PRIVACY 50:33 HOW TO FOLLOW BOBBY & FIREFOX 51:47 OUTRO 🎥 VIDEO Watch on YouTube 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE Keep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★