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Firefox sends everything you type in the address bar to google by default. Would you be able to tell the difference between stock firefox and stock chrome if a
by zests 6y ago
Firefox sends everything you type in the address bar to google by default.
Would you be able to tell the difference between stock firefox and stock chrome if all you saw was the fiddler session? I don't know, I haven't tried. I did look at a firefox session in fiddler and I was not impressed.
Pick your poison. If you configure all the settings in firefox properly it might be acceptable. But can you just do the same in chrome? If not, you can use the privacy friendly chromium browser of your choice. Most firefox users wont take the time to configure it properly and the data will still reach the data gobbler.
Edit: an interesting comment from the other firefox thread https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=25916762 https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=25916762
- unethical_ban 6y agoYou're stretching really hard to make them equivalent. There are a number of reasons to use FF besides telemetry.
- zests 6y agoThis is whataboutism. You can talk about other reasons for using firefox if you'd like (although you'd have to mention what those reasons are.) We're talking about privacy right now and firefox does not fit the bill.
- splatcollision 6y agoEven if you've changed the search engine?
- mrweasel 6y agoNope, I believe it also stops if you disable search hints. They send keystrokes to the search engines because that’s how you get the search suggestion when typing in the URL bar.
- zests 6y agoWhat if you change the search engine in Chrome and disable all telemetry? This is the comparison we should be making.