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What is Normandy?

• megous 7y ago
  https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Normandy/PreferenceRollout https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Normandy/PreferenceRollout
  • chinathrow 7y ago
    So is that a backdoor into my prefs? How can I check if Normandy is active on my installation?
    • verdandi 7y ago
      Type about:config in the address bar and search for 'app.normandy.enabled' flag.
      • DoctorOetker 7y ago
        here the flag is true but the extensions are still unsupported
        • Yoric 7y ago
          It may take a little time for the partial fix to be distributed.
      • inferiorhuman 7y ago
        Well that's interesting. I see Normandy enabled, but if I go to the "Privacy and Security" section of the preferences page I see all the data collection and use stuff disabled. There's no obvious way to disable the Normandy back door. Oh well, at least we don't have another season of Mr Robot spam to look forward to.
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        • AsyncAwait 7y ago
          > There's no obvious way to disable the Normandy back door. ??? It's a publicly documented feature with a publicly documented way to disable it.
          • brynjolf 7y ago
            With an obscure name and no correlation to all the other spying and backdoor ING Mozilla are doing. Is this really the best option tog etaprivacy focused browser? I think this is all very worrying.
            • awful_waffle 7y ago
              Can you elaborate on what 'other spying' Mozilla does? Do you mean their telemetry?
              • brynjolf 7y ago
                Spying was the wrong word. But yes, the telemetry. The google analytics that are hidden on the extensions page, that only listen to the Do not track, but not the turn off telemetry checkbox. Sadly it just doesn't seem to stop.
            • fjsolwmv 7y ago
              It's named after a world famous beachhead of an invasion. The name isn't that obscure for a feature that invades the userbase with a takeover.
            • AsyncAwait 7y ago
              I am not sure what 'spying' Mozilla is doing, but I agree this should be better named and better highlighted.
        • rectang 7y ago
      • yabatopia 7y ago
        Not so in Firefox for Android. No normandy to find.
    • megous 7y ago
      Something with a public wiki page describing what it does exactly is hardly a backdoor. Also here's the code for the server: https://github.com/mozilla/normandy https://github.com/mozilla/normandy
      • tssva 7y ago
        The wiki entry evidently doesn't describe what it does because according to the wiki entry it allows for the enabling and disabling of preferences. The updating of a certificate is beyond what is described in the wiki. Mozilla should follow up with a post describing exactly how Normandy works and the full capabilities it gives them.
        • megous 7y ago
          So search elsewhere if you want more info. All code is available.
          • tssva 7y ago
            Users shouldn't have to search and then be able to understand the code found for such a feature. When a remote capability such as this exists it is Mozilla's responsibility to document how the feature works and the exact capabilities it gives them. Instead of doing so they have produced a wiki entry which appears to falsely describe the capabilities of this remote feature by stating it is used to change default preference values.
            • jokowueu 7y ago
              Then don't use Firefox
              • hexo 7y ago
                Enlighten us with options, smarty boi. Chrome or Opera are not an options. Thanks.
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