i think @mozilla should provide direct funding and support to US-based 501(c)(3)'s like @EmeraldOnion to utilize Mozilla's global datacenter footprint to run Tor relays. provide dedicated hardware, IP space, technical resources, legal resources, and hire a program director. from there it should begin to incorporate Tor functionality in Firefox and Thunderbird

The reason why @mozilla should 1) hire a Mozilla program director for Tor Operations and 2) provide direct support to other 501(c)(3)'s to actually run the relays (have admin access) is because, while Mozilla should run relays (like they used to), in order to scale they need to directly support diversity in Tor operators

Mozilla is in a perfect place to provide this support. its global footprint of datacenters is one of the main reasons. they can trivially hire, or already have the talent for, supporting Tor relay operations, at scale

they should direct campaign fundraising events to fund Tor relays operations where all the money raised by its 501(c)(3) pays for the program director role and all remaining money goes to the other partner 501(c)(3)s for network sustainability

and, of course, @mozilla's Firefox's private browsing mode should finally, actually, be private. it should be Tor Browser, full stop

all telemetry collected by Firefox should be exclusively over Tor onion services

this has the primary benefit of providing real, trustworthy anonymity of telemetry, while also ramping up the amount of global tor circuits significantly, further protecting regular Tor users

Why has @mozilla, to this day, not made its private browsing mode use Tor? why? what leadership shortfalls have their been? what roadblocks has it not worked through to make this happen? to maximally protect people's privacy when people want it?

can you imagine the level of trust the public would have in Mozilla's brand if they actually did this?