Telemetry was added to create an aggregate count of searches by category to broadly inform search feature development. These categories are based on 20 high-level content types, such as "sports,” “business,” and “travel”. This data will not be associated with specific users and will be collected using OHTTP to remove IP addresses as potentially identifying metadata. No profiling will be performed, and no data will be shared with third parties. (read more)
The Copy Without Site Tracking option can now remove parameters from nested URLs. It also includes expanded support for blocking over 300 tracking parameters from copied links, including those from major shopping websites. Keep those trackers away when sharing links!
This is great, definitely what was needed in a HTTP client. Here is how to disable this (yet another) fucking stupid decision that took time and money to develop: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/share-data-mozilla-help-improve-firefox
Thanks Mozilla!
I’m fine with some basic telemetry about how fast the browser runs, but tracking my searches is creepy.
So, is it disabled via
- toolkit.telemetry.enabled
- datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled
- datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled
- datareporting.healthreport.upload.enabled
- app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled
- app.normandy.enabled
- app.normandy.optoutstudies.enabled
Or all of them?
Edit: the app.* settings are for “studies”, unrelated.
This sadly is in line with Mozilla’s increasingly bad privacy defaults. Users who care have moved on to more reasonable configurd forks at this point (e.g. Librewolf).
Can anyone enlighten me as to what the hell Mozilla is going to do with that kind of telemetry as it’s not even tied to anyone ?
Click on “read more” in the article:
To improve Firefox based on your needs, understanding how users interact with essential functions like search is key. We’re ramping up our efforts to enhance search experience by developing new features like Firefox Suggest, which provides recommended online content that corresponds to queries. To make sure that features like this work well, we need better insights on overall search activity – all without trading off on our commitment to user privacy. Our goal is to understand what types of searches are happening so that we can prioritize the correct features by use case.
More info here: https://blog.mozilla.org/products/firefox/firefox-search-update/
Lets say you live in a tribe. Everyone eats the same shit. Everyone does the same work. Everyone feels the same way. Why is it necessary to pinpoint an individual?
Any specimen from the batch is going to tell you what you what you want to know.
#deanonymityWhy would they need to tie that telemetry to people in order to use it to inform their own development (as it states as the purpose, and is the purpose of all their telemetry as far as I know).
They are specifically not tying it to people, but to countries.
You can measure how well your ads are working on a category level and work on improving revenue from each industry vertical.
How to disable whatever the fuck this is on android ? (Fennec)
Fennec cuts out most if that stuff, so you should be good by default
Thank God for relan .
