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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by okasaki on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @05:29PM (#33794278)
You can block telemetry with a hosts file[0], and update less often by running ESR.

0: https://github.com/MrRawes/firefox-hosts

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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by warkdarrior on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @06:17PM (#33794760)
> You can block telemetry with a hosts file

Are you talking about Firefox or Chrome?

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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by autoexec on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @07:19PM (#33795254)
You shouldn't have to block it with your hosts file for firefox since you can just disable it.
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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by LinuxBender on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:25PM (#33796188)
Taking a look at the domain names it appears that would also break updating addons not just the browser updates, so all preferred addons would have to be mirrored and installed locally.
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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by okasaki on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @06:39AM (#33799399)
If you're running Debian you can also let the system package manager handle it, eg webext-ublock-origin.
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Re:Firefox Translations doesn't use the cloud by andrenatalbr on Thursday December 01, 2022 @10:49AM (#33817848)
Telemetry can be disabled on: about:addons -> Firefox Translations -> Preferences and then disabling "Report high-level user interaction" and "Report errors"
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