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Firefox to collect your (anonymized) search data (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

sigh

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

As much as I hate to say it, Firefox is a privacy mess.

Pocket and Fakespot have very bad privacy policies. The Windows version has a unique Mozilla tracker if you download the installer from the website, and the android version has Google Analytics built in. The existing and new telemetry is a but heavy, but it's anonymised so it's really the lesser of the various evils.

My recommendation is LibreWolf & Fennec as alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Will this affect libre wolf?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Nope, they cut all the Mozilla stuff out

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago

Remember, you can always opt out of sending any technical or usage data to Firefox. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to adjust your settings. We also don’t collect category data when you use Private Browsing mode on Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

firefox develops an optional predictive search feature like every other search engine and browser has that actually protects user privacy that can easily be turned off so naturally the internet loses their mind over it and declares firefox dead.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

don't worry, it's balanced out by the every other day threads of firefox shills screeching about how much more private it is and how it uses so much less ram.

people never want to admit that things aren't black and white.

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