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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.
by 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 agoNo, what I mean is: Apparently Mozilla injects Google Analytics right into Firefox. That is terrifying.
- dewey 8y agoNot much more terrifying than every website using it.
- TekMol 8y agoIt'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 agoIf 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 agoabout: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 agoThere is waterfox. I'm curious how quickly it will incorporate the new features.
- reitanqild 8y agoMost people use Chrome which sends every keystroke to Google. That should be a whole lot more terrifying.