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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The language is confusing, and Mozilla should fix it themselves.

The important takeaway is: data is sent over an IP address controlled by Google, to a remote server, running Google software. No processing is taking place on someone's local computer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

IP address can belong to Mozilla, but the rest is correct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Address owner: Google LLC?

https://dnschecker.org/domain-ip-lookup.php?query=prod.orbit-ml-front-api.fakespot.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net%2F&dns=cloudflare

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hadn't checked, that is not a hard requirement for the platform - assuming they actually have it in their infrastructure.