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In the Preferences, scroll down to "Data Collection and Use", and disable everything . I know that you only need to need to turn off "install and run studies", but this has now cost Mozilla all telemetry data from me, and I encourage everyone to do the same.
Looks like it's a promo for Mr Robot, which is really not ok. > What's happening? Are you a fan of Mr Robot? Are you trying to solve one of the many puzzles that the Mr Robot team has built? You’re on the right track. Firefox and Mr Robot have collaborated on a shared experience to further your immersion into the Mr Robot universe, also known as an Alternate Reality Game (ARG). The effects you’re seeing are a part of…
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> No changes will be made to Firefox unless you have opted in to this Alternate Reality Game. That can't possibly be true. I had it installed, and I'm on my work machine using Firefox Developer Edition. I didn't opt in to any ARG.
It's installed, but apparently doesn't do anything if you don't have "studies" enabled.
To put it another way - if I discovered a rootkit sitting in the ~/Downloads directory on my Mac, that would be a problem. If the entity that surreptitiously placed it there said that I shouldn't worry about it because it hadn't been run, I wouldn't be inclined to trust them.
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If you clicked on the link about shield studies you'd see it says they're opt in, did you not getting prompted about it?
I did not opt-in and the extension shows as being enabled. Someone messed up.
Do Mozilla have no QC, or is it purposeful?
All these "but it's only an add-on [we foisted on you]", should just be a bullet point on the upgrade screen "we'd like it if you used this".
This is Microsoft level "customer" control, where they just ignore any chance the customer doesn't want something changing and go ahead, it's being treated now as Mozilla's browser not the users.
I'm using FF57 and did not get this addon. Was I just lucky?
Edit: I have FF Studies disabled under about:preferences#privacy. I guess that is the reason why it is not installed on my machine.
HOLD THE PHONE The support thread links to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/lookingglass . That page says, in a clearly delineated box, > No changes will be made to Firefox unless you have opted in to this Alternate Reality Game. PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS INCONSISTENCY.
Hopefully, it's a bug, and that addon wasn't intended to be installed (much less active) universally like it is. That doesn't make it OK, but it would make me look at them with suspicion instead of hostility.
hey look, a voice of reason!
seriously. Mozilla is a company that has a long track record of dedication to openness and the free and open internet
this isnt Google, facebook, etc
let's all take a step back and give them a little benefit of the doubt here, until we get some facts on what happened.
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/lookingglass The Mr. Robot series centers around the theme of online privacy and security. One of the 10 guiding principles of Mozilla's mission is that individuals' security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. The more people know about what information they are sharing online, the more they can protect their privacy. ...which you've d…
If you clicked on the link about shield studies you'd see it says they're opt in, did you not getting prompted about it?
Adding my me-too because I was fully convinced this was user error until I saw it myself. The opt-in is busted.
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Wow. So Mozilla lets advertisers push extensions to your browser? Is that right or am I misunderstanding something?
> So Mozilla lets advertisers push extensions to your browser? Of course not. Mozilla can install extensions if you have "shield studies" enabled. They use extensions it to run UI studies and things like that. I think you have to opt-in to each study individually if you want to be part of it. Enabling the studies in your settings only means "notify me when there's a new study I can participate in". See https://suppor…
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I was concerned for a minute. Then I remembered that this is the browser vendor that constantly spouts it's privacy bonafides yet on a monthly basis "partners" with companies like Pocket to install unwanted addons and functionality and has Google Analytics on their settings pages.
Firefox bought Pocket. And they had negotiated with Google to remove tracking on that page. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14753546
You are trying to muddy the waters here. Even if I were to accept your (wrong) explanations, they still don't jive with the image Mozilla is trying to project.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/lookingglass The Mr. Robot series centers around the theme of online privacy and security. One of the 10 guiding principles of Mozilla's mission is that individuals' security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. The more people know about what information they are sharing online, the more they can protect their privacy. ...which you've d…
>Firefox and Mr Robot have collaborated on a shared experience to further your immersion into the Mr Robot universe I guess that sounds slightly better than "Firefox and Universal Cable Productions".. oh wait.. At least it's an authentic immersion into the world of dubious computer ethics.
> Excited to share the launch of @mozilla @firefox Tiles program, the first of our user-enhancing programs