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Jesus, that is not about Google Analytics on Mozillas websites but on the about:addons page of Firefox. That is terrifying.

by TekMol 8y ago

firloop 8y ago
I know, but I imagine Mozilla has the same policy everywhere they use Google Analytics and that was the best source I could find for it.
- TekMol 8y ago
  No, what I mean is: Apparently Mozilla injects Google Analytics right into Firefox. That is terrifying.
  - dewey 8y ago
    Not much more terrifying than every website using it.
    - TekMol 8y ago
      It's more terrifying because a) I can block it from websites easily. Not so from Firefox about:... pages. b) Firefox has a marketing angle that they are privacy protecting. But injecting external tracking code into the browser itself is the opposite.
      - dewey 8y ago
        If you really want to be sure then you should block it in your hosts file anyway and not just on an extension level. Homebrew also has it included with a pretty good description why I think: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.md https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    - geezerjay 8y ago
      > Not much more terrifying than every website using it. Actually it is. It suggests the organization behind the browser actively takes steps to embed tracking right in the browser.
  - mathnmusic 8y ago
    about:addons is an iframe that includes the addons.mozilla.org website - which happens to use GA with a special contract. This page now respects the Do-Not-Track setting.
    - dao- 8y ago
      > about:addons is an iframe that includes the addons.mozilla.org website Only in the "Get Add-ons" section, mind you. Everything else is local.
  - monetus 8y ago
    There is waterfox. I'm curious how quickly it will incorporate the new features.
  - reitanqild 8y ago
    Most people use Chrome which sends every keystroke to Google. That should be a whole lot more terrifying.
ptr_void 8y ago
See also about:telemetry to see if anything enabled. If enabled, they are sending a bunch of information with unique id. Even if disabled, the telemetry is still always being gathered, just not sent.
- lucb1e 8y ago
  > If enabled, they are sending a bunch of information with unique id. That is not the issue. The issue is when they send Firefox user's data to google of all places.

Jesus, that is not about Google Analytics on Mozillas websites but on the about:addons page of Firefox. That is terrifying.

by TekMol 8y ago

Jesus, that is not about Google Analytics on Mozillas websites but on the about:addons page of Firefox. That is terrifying.

firloop 8y ago

I know, but I imagine Mozilla has the same policy everywhere they use Google Analytics and that was the best source I could find for it.

TekMol 8y ago
No, what I mean is: Apparently Mozilla injects Google Analytics right into Firefox. That is terrifying.
- dewey 8y ago
  Not much more terrifying than every website using it.
  - TekMol 8y ago
    It's more terrifying because a) I can block it from websites easily. Not so from Firefox about:... pages. b) Firefox has a marketing angle that they are privacy protecting. But injecting external tracking code into the browser itself is the opposite.
    - dewey 8y ago
      If you really want to be sure then you should block it in your hosts file anyway and not just on an extension level. Homebrew also has it included with a pretty good description why I think: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.md https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
  - geezerjay 8y ago
    > Not much more terrifying than every website using it. Actually it is. It suggests the organization behind the browser actively takes steps to embed tracking right in the browser.
- mathnmusic 8y ago
  about:addons is an iframe that includes the addons.mozilla.org website - which happens to use GA with a special contract. This page now respects the Do-Not-Track setting.
  - dao- 8y ago
    > about:addons is an iframe that includes the addons.mozilla.org website Only in the "Get Add-ons" section, mind you. Everything else is local.
- monetus 8y ago
  There is waterfox. I'm curious how quickly it will incorporate the new features.
- reitanqild 8y ago
  Most people use Chrome which sends every keystroke to Google. That should be a whole lot more terrifying.

ptr_void 8y ago

See also about:telemetry to see if anything enabled. If enabled, they are sending a bunch of information with unique id. Even if disabled, the telemetry is still always being gathered, just not sent.

lucb1e 8y ago
> If enabled, they are sending a bunch of information with unique id. That is not the issue. The issue is when they send Firefox user's data to google of all places.