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I don't think the claim that Firefox sends telemetry even after disabling it in the preferences has ever been true. It will still contact Mozilla servers for ot

I don't think the claim that Firefox sends telemetry even after disabling it in the preferences has ever been true. It will still contact Mozilla servers for other reasons, like retrieving lists of malicious add-ons or checking for updates, but it won't send telemetry.

csande17 6y ago
Here's an example of Firefox sending telemetry even after users disabled telemetry: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/21/mozilla-wants-to-estimate-firefoxs-telemetry-off-population/ https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/21/mozilla-wants-to-estimate-...
- jamienicol 6y ago
  There's a lovely irony in that article being littered with double click ads
  - account42 6y ago
    At least those can be blocked by extensions.