Ghostery and NoScript-like add-ons frequently phone home
So what would the author prefer? That security sensitive software doesn't check for updates? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG.Somewhat later there is this remark:
Why are these add-ons?  Why are they not designed-in and built-in to the browser?Well, this is actually built-into Firefox Nightly. It's called Tracking Protection...and it updates its lists using the exact same SafeBrowsing the original author whines about.It's hard to take these people seriously, which is bad, because privacy is a serious problem. Not worthy to be left over to whiners that offer no solutions.