@onepict

For some time (2 - 3 yrs?) I've worried about the "veteran tech" folks who've taken senior roles at Mozilla.

Putting folks from #Google, #MS, #Salesforce, #Airbnb, #Meta, etc in charge seems antithetical to Mozilla's mission of "building a better internet."

I'd installed FF when Google was paying users to install FF circa 2005.*

And after 20 years, I switched to Vivaldi early this year.

* Haven't found much info about this bounty program except for a Slashdot post in 2005:

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/05/11/05/1436226/google-paying-for-firefox-installs

EDIT: much more info about the referral program here

https://leonidasv.com/til-google-paid-websites-for-referring-firefox/

@onepict

For some time (2 - 3 yrs?) I've worried about the "veteran tech" folks who've taken senior roles at Mozilla.

Putting folks from #Google, #MS, #Salesforce, #Airbnb, #Meta, etc in charge seems antithetical to Mozilla's mission of "building a better internet."

I'd installed FF when Google was paying users to install FF circa 2005.*

And after 20 years, I switched to Vivaldi early this year.

* Haven't found much info about this bounty program except for a Slashdot post in 2005:

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/05/11/05/1436226/google-paying-for-firefox-installs

EDIT: much more info about the referral program here

https://leonidasv.com/til-google-paid-websites-for-referring-firefox/

Authors, lawyer up.

https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-faces-lawsuit-from-authors-over-ai-training-data/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=120329875

#Salesforce #AgentForce

Die Situation in den #USA ist so #fubar (fucked up beyond all recognition), dass der Präsident schon mal das Militär schickt, wenn sich seine Milliardärbuddies bei ihm melden. Merke also - nicht mit #Salesforce oder #NVidia anlegen. Könnte dumm ausgehen, wenn der andere Buddie nicht moderierend eingreift:

https://missionlocal.org/2025/10/san-francisco-national-guard-troops-immigration-daniel-lurie-marc-benioff/

Und ja, man könnte mal überlegen, ob man mit diesen Produkten überhaupt etwas zu tun haben will. Will ja niemand hören, stimmt aber trotzdem. 😭

As #nonprofits reconsider handing all their donor, volunteer, and client data to #Salesforce, whose CEO Marc Benioff wants Trump's #ICE to use their SaaS… let it be known Agaric does #CiviCRM setup and general #CRM consulting in addition to websites, as do several other cooperatives like Symbiotic and Palante.

An open letter from current and former Salesforce employees and tech workers to CEO Marc Benioff on his statement of support for sending National Guard troops into San Francisco.

https://dearmarcbenioff.com/

#Salesforce #dreamforce

@jeffjarvis

Tell me you're a hypocritical #narcissist without saying it. You are not your company, bro.

“I’m the largest employer here.

"Salesforce, which counts government contracts as a big part of its business..."

#narcissism #salesforce

As #nonprofits reconsider handing all their donor, volunteer, and client data to #Salesforce, whose CEO Marc Benioff wants Trump's #ICE to use their SaaS… let it be known Agaric does #CiviCRM setup and general #CRM consulting in addition to websites, as do several other cooperatives like Symbiotic and Palante.

#Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/salesforce-benioff-ice.html

#Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/salesforce-benioff-ice.html

Top Silicon Valley Democrat breaks with Marc Benioff as rift deepens / @politico

｢ A leading San Francisco venture capitalist and close ally of Democratic leaders like Nancy Pelosi resigned on Thursday from the Salesforce Foundation board, saying he’s “shocked and disappointed” over Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s support for a National Guard deployment to the city ｣

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/ron-conway-salesforce-san-francisco-00611579

#nationalguard #uspol #techbros #salesforce

"'I fully support the president,' he said. 'I think he's doing a great job.'" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/marc-benioff-san-francisco-guard.html

#Salesforce #USPol #SanFrancisco #fascism

Even the #Windows people make fun of #Salesforce

Slack is extorting us with a $195k/yr bill increase
An open letter, or something

https://skyfall.dev/posts/slack

#salesforce #hackclub #slack

🔥 Salesforce layoffs 4000 people after disastrous security breaches that left bigtech giants exposed to hackers.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/salesforce-layoffs-artificial-intelligence/3941975/

#layoffs #salesforce #cybersecurity

Well? Should they? Let’s ask Ian Betteridge.

Four weeks ago, #Google admitted it was hacked by #ShinyHunters and/or #ScatteredSpider—via #vishing. Sadly, this sparked a journalistic game of Telephone: Over the space of four weeks, “This #Salesforce instance got vished,” quickly became, “2.5 billion #Gmail users hacked!!1!”

Sigh. “This is entirely false,” complains Google. In #SBBlogwatch, we bait for clicks during dog days.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/gmail-hack-telephone-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

Well? Should they? Let’s ask Ian Betteridge.

Four weeks ago, #Google admitted it was hacked by #ShinyHunters and/or #ScatteredSpider—via #vishing. Sadly, this sparked a journalistic game of Telephone: Over the space of four weeks, “This #Salesforce instance got vished,” quickly became, “2.5 billion #Gmail users hacked!!1!”

Sigh. “This is entirely false,” complains Google. In #SBBlogwatch, we bait for clicks during dog days.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/09/gmail-hack-telephone-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

A subsidiary of Zurich Insurance (SIX:ZURN) admitted to a huge leak: More than one million customers’ data. #FarmersGroup is the latest corporation ’fessing up to its data going AWOL via Salesforce vishing.

Farmers also trades as Foremost, Bristol West, Farmers Life and 21st Century Insurance. In #SBBlogwatch, we wonder what their Swiss masters will think.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/08/farmers-group-salesforce-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc