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> Maybe because Mozilla collects a massive amount of "telemetry" on users, in a way that is personally identifiable, despite zero need for it to be so? Please
by sfink 5y ago
> Maybe because Mozilla collects a massive amount of "telemetry" on users, in a way that is personally identifiable, despite zero need for it to be so?
Please point out how to personally identify a telemetry user.
I am a Firefox engineer who uses telemetry data, and know of no way to personally identify any of my users. Well, one way -- you can voluntarily put your email or other info into a crash report, though I know there was some talk of stripping that text field out because it's so rarely useful and touching any potential PII is like touching hot lava.
- cpeterso 5y agobtw, Firefox crash reports no longer have an email address field, though they still have a comment field: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1688883 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1688883