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Mozilla Installs Scheduled Telemetry Task on Windows with Firefox 75

25 points by miked85 7y ago

Operyl 7y ago
Every time I scroll down on this page in iOS Safari it just automatically refreshes bringing me back to the top. If I recall correctly this was blogged about on Mozilla’s blog already.
4cao 7y ago
A quick reminder how to maintain your privacy while using Firefox (Windows pathnames): 1. Install Firefox with Internet disconnected. Do not install the Maintenance Service. Run once and then close it completely (Ctrl-Shift-Esc to check no processes are running). 2. Create and edit the file: "%APPDATA%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\user.js" Use the following as a template: https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/blob/master/user.js https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/blob/master/user.js Best to read through the whole contents and edit it by hand as some of the settings might be too restrictive (there's a "relaxed" version too in another repository by the same author). 3. Create and edit the file: "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\distribution\policies.json" With the following contents: { "policies": { "DisableAppUpdate": true } } Note: This file and directory are being deleted every time you update Firefox, so be prepared to re-create them afterwards. Alternatively, it might also work to revoke the write permission to that directory but this could break the whole update process (I have yet to test it). 4. Update Firefox manually whenever a new version is released but wait for a while first, so that all the new anti-features such as this one come to light.
- acqq 7y ago
  Related: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/06/please-mozilla-dont-touch-the-user-js-functionality-in-firefox/ https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/06/please-mozilla-dont-touch-...
untog 7y ago
Mozilla have posted about it: https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2020/03/16/understanding-default-browser-trends/ https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2020/03/16/understanding-defau... And it’s disabled if you have disabled browser telemetry. Personally I’m OK with this, it doesn’t feel particularly sneaky.

25 points by miked85 7y ago

Every time I scroll down on this page in iOS Safari it just automatically refreshes bringing me back to the top. If I recall correctly this was blogged about on Mozilla’s blog already.

4cao 7y ago

A quick reminder how to maintain your privacy while using Firefox (Windows pathnames): 1. Install Firefox with Internet disconnected. Do not install the Maintenance Service. Run once and then close it completely (Ctrl-Shift-Esc to check no processes are running). 2. Create and edit the file: "%APPDATA%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\user.js" Use the following as a template: https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/blob/master/user.js https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/blob/master/user.js Best to read through the whole contents and edit it by hand as some of the settings might be too restrictive (there's a "relaxed" version too in another repository by the same author). 3. Create and edit the file: "%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox\distribution\policies.json" With the following contents: { "policies": { "DisableAppUpdate": true } } Note: This file and directory are being deleted every time you update Firefox, so be prepared to re-create them afterwards. Alternatively, it might also work to revoke the write permission to that directory but this could break the whole update process (I have yet to test it). 4. Update Firefox manually whenever a new version is released but wait for a while first, so that all the new anti-features such as this one come to light.

acqq 7y ago
Related: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/06/please-mozilla-dont-touch-the-user-js-functionality-in-firefox/ https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/06/please-mozilla-dont-touch-...

untog 7y ago

Mozilla have posted about it: https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2020/03/16/understanding-default-browser-trends/ https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2020/03/16/understanding-defau... And it’s disabled if you have disabled browser telemetry. Personally I’m OK with this, it doesn’t feel particularly sneaky.