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 * policy changes on the Mozilla side.
-The user has no way to verify whether any of the above is happening or not, and that already is a privacy violation. So, it's irrelevant what the intended usage was, only what is theoretically possible. The above must be impossible - not just "We won't do it, we promise!", but impossible.
+Having a UUID would allow, for example, to track all my dynamic IP addresses over time, and allow to build a profile, when combined with access logs. If I have a notebook or mobile browser, it would even allow to track the places where I go based on IP geolocation / whois data.
-Having a UUID would allow, for example, to track all my dynamic IP addresses over time, and allow to build a profile, when combined with access logs. If I have a notebook or mobile browser, it would even allow to track the places where I go based on IP geolocation / whois data.
+The user has no way to verify whether any of the above (break-in, intercept, intended or lawful or not) is happening or not, and that already is a privacy violation. So, it's irrelevant what the intended usage was, only what is theoretically possible. The above must be impossible - not just "We won't do it, we promise!", but impossible.
 === Google Chrome ===