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It works well, but unsurprisingly, they screwed up privacy once again by sending data to some company (https://www.adjust.com https://www.adjust.com) in the bac

It works well, but unsurprisingly, they screwed up privacy once again by sending data to some company (https://www.adjust.com https://www.adjust.com) in the background: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/17/mozilla_launches_privacy_edition_firefox_for_ios/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/17/mozilla_launches_pri... Doesn't seem to be possible to turn it off (the instructions at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/send-anonymous-usage-data-firefox-mobile-devices#mobile::m50&ios: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/send-anonymous-usage-da...: do not work, there is no such settings menu for "Klar by Firefox"?). Perhaps I'm getting an old version from my local App Store though.

mintplant 10y ago
"screwed up privacy once again by sending data to some company" makes it sound like they're accidentally transmitting browsing history or something. It's stats on how often the app is opened and how may times three main UI elements are tapped. > For a new install, the application sends an anonymous "attribution" request to the adjust servers. This request describes how the application was downloaded, for example, whether it was downloaded directly via the App Store or through a marketing campaign link. The data includes an advertising ID, IP address, timestamp, country, language/locale, operating system and app version. > Firefox for iOS, Firefox Focus, Firefox Klar and Android will also occasionally send anonymous summaries about how often the application has been used. These summaries only include information regarding whether the app has been in active use recently and when. > Additionally, Firefox Focus and Firefox Klar will also report what features of the application are being used. It will send an anonymous report containing the specific filters being selected and count how many times the search, browse and erase button is pressed. (also from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/send-anonymous-usage-data-firefox-mobile-devices https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/send-anonymous-usage-da...) Per the instructions at the bottom: "If you are in the browser you may have to hit the Erase button first" - did you do this when looking for the settings?
st3fan 10y ago
If you use Klar then you have not yet received the 2.0 update. We hope to send it out pretty soon. Sorry the German market is unfortunately a little different in this case. Same product but with a different name. Silly reasons.
- lazyjones 10y ago
  OK, but did this pre-2.0 Klar have the problematic telemetry/data collection without an option to turn it off?

mintplant 10y ago

"screwed up privacy once again by sending data to some company" makes it sound like they're accidentally transmitting browsing history or something. It's stats on how often the app is opened and how may times three main UI elements are tapped. > For a new install, the application sends an anonymous "attribution" request to the adjust servers. This request describes how the application was downloaded, for example, whether it was downloaded directly via the App Store or through a marketing campaign link. The data includes an advertising ID, IP address, timestamp, country, language/locale, operating system and app version. > Firefox for iOS, Firefox Focus, Firefox Klar and Android will also occasionally send anonymous summaries about how often the application has been used. These summaries only include information regarding whether the app has been in active use recently and when. > Additionally, Firefox Focus and Firefox Klar will also report what features of the application are being used. It will send an anonymous report containing the specific filters being selected and count how many times the search, browse and erase button is pressed. (also from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/send-anonymous-usage-data-firefox-mobile-devices https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/send-anonymous-usage-da...) Per the instructions at the bottom: "If you are in the browser you may have to hit the Erase button first" - did you do this when looking for the settings?

st3fan 10y ago

If you use Klar then you have not yet received the 2.0 update. We hope to send it out pretty soon. Sorry the German market is unfortunately a little different in this case. Same product but with a different name. Silly reasons.

lazyjones 10y ago
OK, but did this pre-2.0 Klar have the problematic telemetry/data collection without an option to turn it off?