TECHCRUNCH
MICHAEL ARRINGTON
14 MAY 08
Mozilla CEO John Lilly
revealed more details of their stealth Data project today, which we first reported here.
In a blog post, he says “data is one of the most important pieces to faciliate understanding (and innovation), and is also one of the most under-explored areas of the modern web.” He also says that Mozilla has two early projects that touch on the idea - Spectator and Test Pilot.
The Data idea is much broader, however. “There are worlds of information about how people use the web that are locked up and not currently shared,” he says. By simply adding optional tracking software to Firefox code, much of that data could be unleashed