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If you download from any mirror or otherwise free software download store, you don't get uniquely identified. What you are downloading in most cases is just an
by jqpabc123 4y ago
If you download from any mirror or otherwise free software download store, you don't get uniquely identified.
What you are downloading in most cases is just an installer executable -- no software included. The installer pulls the actual software from Mozilla's server. Each copied served is given a unique ID and is unlike any other -- easily proven by hash or checksum (Mozilla calls this a "dltoken", see my reference above).
- cassianoleal 4y agoI've just sampled some mirror sites. - https://mozilla-firefox.fileplanet.com/ https://mozilla-firefox.fileplanet.com/ - Indeed it downloads a download manager. - https://download.cnet.com/Mozilla-Firefox/3000-2356_4-10208565.html https://download.cnet.com/Mozilla-Firefox/3000-2356_4-102085... - Downloads an installer. It's for an older version but shouldn't have the unique ID, and it should be able to update itself but I haven't tested. - https://techviral.net/firefox-offline-installer/ https://techviral.net/firefox-offline-installer/ - Also the installer, and for the latest version. That's 2 out of 3 without an unique ID. You have also conveniently glossed over the package manager angle, which I suspect is a pretty large slice of their user base.