Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a privacy-preserving way

Re:Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a pri... by disconnected on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:11PM (#15073786)

Ok, I get your point. You need the extra debugging information.

Now, here's my concern. I DO NOT want compromises. I DO NOT want to balance anything. I DO NOT want this telemetry crud on my browser spewing out my browsing history to anyone, no matter how anonymous you people claim it will be.

I just want a decent web browser.

What are my options? "Mozilla's way or the highway"? Redirect evil.telemetry.things.mozilla.org to /dev/null? Go back to elinks?

Or will there be a "disable this piece of crap utterly and completely" button somewhere not hidden under an URL? Or even better, a compile flag?

Edit: spelling...

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Re:Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a pri... by Ajedi32 on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @03:52PM (#15075788)

There'll be an opt-out, just as there always has. That's not what's being discussed here. The question is whether to allow these stats to be collected as an opt-out vs opt-in.

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Re:Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a pri... by RaleyField on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @04:49PM (#15076254)

Before you send any telemetry get informed consent by presenting the user a dialog enumerating everything that you are sending and I'd be fine with opt-out otherwise this is a dark pattern and you are getting on my shit list.

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Re:Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a pri... by comex on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @08:10PM (#15077406)

If you present the user a dialog, that is effectively opt-in, which is what already exists.

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