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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by morsch on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:25AM (#18654858)
I was about to try Side View yesterday -- I usually run two Firefox windows side by side anyway -- but I couldn't be bothered to find out what data exactly they would extract from it[1], and I'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt. I fully expected to find it as a standalone extension, but if it exists, I couldn't find it.

[1] By proceeding, you agree to the terms and privacy policies of Test Pilot and the Side View privacy policy.

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Re:The Firefox Dilemma by Vinnl on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:34AM (#18654890)
> I fully expected to find it as a standalone extension, but if it exists, I couldn't find it.

It can be installed from here: https://testpilot.firefox.com/files/[email protected]/la...

(From their GitHub page.[1])

Also note that the Test Pilot page [2] contains a summary of the data they collect. Most notably:

> Side View does not collect any information about sites you visit.

The data is does collect seems related to whether and how you use it - it is an experiment, after all.

[1] https://github.com/mozilla/side-view

[2] https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/side-view

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