Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
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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)
#2Is there anything these preferences disable that isn't disabled by unchecking the three boxes (telemetry, experiments, crash reports) in the regular Privacy & Security tab of the Firefox preferences?
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#3> 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.
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#4Is there anything these preferences disable that isn't disabled by unchecking the three boxes (telemetry, experiments, crash reports) in the regular Privacy & Security tab of the Firefox preferences?
FF has a default link that it checks for capture portals on wifi networks. I think that it must be turned on all the time, though something in the about: pages might turn it off.
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#5Ooh, now do Chrome!
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#6Mozilla 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.
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#7Needs (2018) in the title.
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#8Does anyone know if this is still an issue in 2020?
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#9> 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 to disable telemetry
- optional but recommended: a "getting started wizard" where you select your preferred search engine, if you want to install TST or Sidebery, and if you want to set memory consumption to sane defaults.
- otherwise works exactly like Firefox
- Charge $50 a year, possibly more.
I'd probably sign up immediately.
Questions:
Q: what if Mozilla finally gets it and implements this?
A: Fine, just go to the next thing they broke.
Re: Disable telemetry and data collection in mozilla Firefox Quantum (2018)
#10Mozilla 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.