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Telemetry and "studies" are both checkboxes in the privacy section of firefox's preferences. I usually turn both off right after changing the default search en
by jimbobthrowawy 3y ago
Telemetry and "studies" are both checkboxes in the privacy section of firefox's preferences.
I usually turn both off right after changing the default search engine and disabling search suggestions, when I setup a new install.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoTurns out this only turns off some of the telemetry. Turning it off completely is not entirely trivial. https://github.com/K3V1991/Disable-Firefox-Telemetry-and-Data-Collection https://github.com/K3V1991/Disable-Firefox-Telemetry-and-Dat...
- Dalewyn 3y agoMozilla claiming to be the champions of privacy (among other virtues) makes this arguably worse than Google, Microsoft, et al. because they're at least upfront about their telemetry.