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> Also, I block firefox myself. It phones home a lot, even when you tell it not to. Do you have sources on this? I use Firefox on Mac OS with Little Snitch and

> Also, I block firefox myself. It phones home a lot, even when you tell it not to. Do you have sources on this? I use Firefox on Mac OS with Little Snitch and have never had Firefox try to phone home with analytics disabled (a one click decision on first start of the app).

m463 6y ago
Here is the stuff I couldn't shut off: firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com shavar.services.mozilla.com aus5.mozilla.org
- cdubzzz 6y ago
  Settings one is interesting, it does appear that you cannot block it[0] and that is sad. The other two appear to be safe browsing and automatic update related. Those two services can be disabled form the regular settings UI, I think? Have you found that to not work? [0] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making...
  - m463 6y ago
    It did not work for a long time Then I blocked it and got this constant nag pane "Firefox cannot update to the latest version". all. the. time. I finally found out some magic on macos: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox DisableAppUpdate -bool TRUE sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE that got rid of the nag pane
    - cdubzzz 6y ago
      Interesting reference re: the settings URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1598562#c13 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1598562#c13 Reasoning there seems good enough but I’m not sold on it being absolutely required.
- cpeterso 6y ago
  Shavar is the server from which Firefox downloads update to its Safe Browsing and Tracking Protection site lists. “Shavar” is the name of the differential update protocol Google designed and uses for Chrome Safe Browsing site list. aus5 is the server from which Firefox downloads new Firefox updates. “aus” stands for Auto Update Service. I’m not exactly what data is downloaded from firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com.

m463 6y ago

Here is the stuff I couldn't shut off: firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com shavar.services.mozilla.com aus5.mozilla.org

cdubzzz 6y ago
Settings one is interesting, it does appear that you cannot block it[0] and that is sad. The other two appear to be safe browsing and automatic update related. Those two services can be disabled form the regular settings UI, I think? Have you found that to not work? [0] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making...
- m463 6y ago
  It did not work for a long time Then I blocked it and got this constant nag pane "Firefox cannot update to the latest version". all. the. time. I finally found out some magic on macos: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox DisableAppUpdate -bool TRUE sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE that got rid of the nag pane
  - cdubzzz 6y ago
    Interesting reference re: the settings URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1598562#c13 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1598562#c13 Reasoning there seems good enough but I’m not sold on it being absolutely required.
cpeterso 6y ago
Shavar is the server from which Firefox downloads update to its Safe Browsing and Tracking Protection site lists. “Shavar” is the name of the differential update protocol Google designed and uses for Chrome Safe Browsing site list. aus5 is the server from which Firefox downloads new Firefox updates. “aus” stands for Auto Update Service. I’m not exactly what data is downloaded from firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com.