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Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Post by eitland »

m463 wrote: post #17
eitland wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know there are a lot of people hanging around here looking for a business idea or a side project with some potential, so here's one idea: Create a customized version of Firefox that: - has support for removing the top bar when tst or something similar is installed. It should probably be possible to disable/reneable it using a menu option and an optional toolbar button. - actually disables all telemetry when you try…

Although I haven't used them - there are several other firefox forks like waterfox or the tor browser that support privacy/anonymity waterfox claims: * Telemetry is removed * Data collection is removed tor goes much further

I've tried those a couple of years ago, but aren't they still based on older versions of Firefox?

My idea here was taking the latest version of Firefox and just fix the worst problems. I'd still pay for it.

Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Post by mtgx »

Fnoord wrote: post #15
hajhatten wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. This is probably one of the fastest way to loose users in 2020.

Article is from January 2018.

And Mozilla has lost a lot of users since then. Coincide? I think not.

Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Post by diegocg »

underdeserver wrote: post #6

Mozilla people - this is a serious issue. If you want to champion privacy, you NEED to have a big red button that says "nothing gets sent out" and you NEED to have an end-to-end test to make sure Firefox respects it.

Don't they have exactly that already for telemetry? You can go to the preferences and turn it off instead of using about:config

Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Post by csande17 »

smarnach wrote: post #18
stoobs wrote: post #13

Was this fixed given that the story is from 2018?

I don't think the claim that Firefox sends telemetry even after disabling it in the preferences has ever been true. It will still contact Mozilla servers for other reasons, like retrieving lists of malicious add-ons or checking for updates, but it won't send telemetry.

Here's an example of Firefox sending telemetry even after users disabled telemetry: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/21/mozilla-wants-to-estimate-...

Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Post by MikusR »

diegocg wrote: post #23
underdeserver wrote: post #6

Mozilla people - this is a serious issue. If you want to champion privacy, you NEED to have a big red button that says "nothing gets sent out" and you NEED to have an end-to-end test to make sure Firefox respects it.

Don't they have exactly that already for telemetry? You can go to the preferences and turn it off instead of using about:config

No. They even install an additional telemetry service that runs independently of Firefox.

Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Post by 02020202 »

no wonder world governments are going totalitarian. people are not willing to fight for their freedoms and privacy even online when all you need to do is few clicks. ffs. also ff is paid for by gulag anyway so there is no difference if your data is collected directly or via 3rd party(mozilla).

Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)

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Post by jfsanchez91 »

underdeserver wrote: post #6

Mozilla people - this is a serious issue. If you want to champion privacy, you NEED to have a big red button that says "nothing gets sent out" and you NEED to have an end-to-end test to make sure Firefox respects it.

agree
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