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Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14753546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14753546
by j_s 9y ago
Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14753546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14753546
"Someone submitted a PR to Mozilla to fix this, and the Mozilla devs closed it"
Impossible to opt-out until about 2 weeks ago.
- vetinari 9y agoCome on, that was a bug in the new preferences pages. The telemetry I was talking about is exactly the one, where you get a bar at the bottom during first launch. Try it, you will see it.
- j_s 9y agoPerhaps this instance was an honest mistake. The specifics of a custom deal with Google and the circling of the wagons (specifically opinions expressed by multiple Mozilla employees in an official capacity) prior to reversing course does not strengthen that case. > If you say no, it won't send anything. This simply wasn't true; I am glad that the implementation was fixed.