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Alright, this is a click bait, misleading title, the title should be: "How to disable all telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum"
[1] Currently "Disable All Telemetry and Data Collection in Mozilla Firefox Quantum"
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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-...
> even after you disable these options, Firefox still collects and sends data to servers I am surprised, for a product that claims to be privacy focused to behave in this way. I am a Firefox user and have not disabled telemetry since I think it can help Firefox and I trust them no to do anything wrong with it. But I would have expected that unchecking the telemetry option would actually disable telemetry.
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…
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.
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.
Agreed. This is probably one of the fastest way to loose users in 2020.
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
I had the Preferences option Off for years and yet there was a laundry list of telemetry options enabled in about:config.
This is shady as fuck if you pardon my French. Completely unacceptable.
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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.
To see what the telemetry actually entails, go to about:telemetry. It looks like enough for fingerprinting, but doesn't seem to include websites visited. A bit more info here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-now-shows-what-telemet...
No fingerprinting required.
Telemetry > General Data > Id is a GUID. ClientID is also a GUID.
You can clear the latter in about:config and it sticks, but clearing the former causes it to be regenerated on the restart.
