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I chose to run apt-get to install packages. I have never opted-in to, nor even known about, how Firefox was running "studies" on me before this event. It's like
by swebs 7y ago
I chose to run apt-get to install packages. I have never opted-in to, nor even known about, how Firefox was running "studies" on me before this event. It's like finding out the TV you bought last year has a hidden camera and it's been recording you the whole time.
- sjwright 7y agoIt's not really fair to call it "studies" in quotations. It's better described as software micro-updates which can be progressively deployed in case the change has a regression. They do little more than enable/disable features already shipped in the binary you're running. In my own browser, if I go to about:studies, I have two Studies running. One is the hotfix for the add-on signing issue. The other is: prefflip-push-performance-1491171 • Active This study sets dom.push.alwaysConnect to false. If you equate that to a camera hidden in your TV, you might want to consider giving up whatever drugs you're on.
- sciurus 7y agoIn case you're curious, that other one is part of https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2018/10/03/upcoming-push-shield-study/ https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2018/10/03/upcoming-push-s... (Disclosure: I work for Mozilla)