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Re:Firefox Launches More Experimental Features by Animats on Sunday October 16, 2016 @02:44AM (#12717336)
Another backdoor monitoring feature from Mozilla. Oh, and using it gives Mozilla the right to send you marketing emails. [1]

[1] https://testpilot.firefox.com/privacy

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Re:Firefox Launches More Experimental Features by jgruen on Sunday October 16, 2016 @04:14AM (#12717589)
Actually, we've made email collection/messages entirely opt in (as the result of user feedback) :)

Edit: but we should update the privacy notice!

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Re:Firefox Launches More Experimental Features by Animats on Sunday October 16, 2016 @04:53PM (#12720880)
Notice how this only happens after they're caught by someone. Mozilla is supposed to have an internal privacy watchdog. Does it have any teeth?
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