Rapid Fire: Marshall Erwin talks trust and security at Mozilla and Firefox
Trust is something you can grasp, but you can’t hold. Trust is as intangible as the pixels, bytes and data that occupy our digital lives, yet it’s core to the … Read more
How the Web Changed Dating Forever
Mozilla invited online dating coach extraordinaire Laurie Davis Edwards to share her thoughts on the good and bad of finding love on the web. Turns out it takes more than … Read more
The Banality of [Prison] Email
It is probably a little generous to describe CorrLinks, the email service for inmates at U.S. prisons, as the most exclusive social networking platform I’ve ever used. Technically, it’s accurate. … Read more
Seven apps that put privacy first
Nothing online is quite as important as making sure that your privacy is secure and respected by the platforms you choose to carry out your day-to-day tasks. It is no … Read more
WeTransfer keeps privacy and community at heart
This spring, the fight to restore net neutrality was on the top of our minds at Firefox HQ. Our public opinion poll showed that the majority of Americans overwhelmingly support … Read more
The Attention Economy to the Addiction Economy
Much has been said about the attention economy. Gamification. Tech addiction. But what happens when those things combine and form an addiction economy online? Our ever-connected life has provided a … Read more
Your attention is the hottest currency on the Internet
Mozilla invited Katharina Nocun, a German-based digital rights advocate, to share her thoughts on how the attention economy is shaping social media. Hint: Serving people might not be the highest … Read more
This is Your Digital Fingerprint
Mozilla invited Chicago-based teacher and activist Nick Briz to explain how people are tracked, surveilled and monetized on the web. In the fall, Nick will be leading a speaker series in … Read more
The Ringer’s Alyssa Bereznak on Gamification and the Attention Economy
Alyssa Bereznak writes about technology for The Ringer, which brings together sports, technology, and culture in a way that few platforms have managed to do. The blend produces some amazing … Read more
Games, Gaming, and Gamification
Long before the Internet, games were a source of entertainment, comradery, and learning. The rise of technology enabled games to take on video form, and gaming as we know it … Read more
7 Big Ways Online Rights Have Changed This Year
As 2018 approaches the halfway point, here is our list of online issues we feel are most important and have the broadest implications for net neutrality, privacy, copyright and cybersecurity. … Read more
Introducing Season 3 of IRL, Mozilla’s Original Podcast
Over the first two seasons of IRL, Mozilla’s podcast, we confronted online trolls and stood up for net neutrality. We downloaded the latest on bots and facial recognition technology. We … Read more