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Re:A word about private attribution in Firefox by Dalewyn on Monday July 15, 2024 @06:35PM (#40972064)
Mozilla themselves siphon telemetry (eg: incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org), they're at best a faux defender of privacy.

Seriously, they don't deserve peoples' support.

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Re:A word about private attribution in Firefox by squigz on Monday July 15, 2024 @06:50PM (#40972156)
What's wrong with telemetry?
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Re:A word about private attribution in Firefox by msla on Monday July 15, 2024 @07:02PM (#40972234)
It is a violation of privacy.
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Re:A word about private attribution in Firefox by squigz on Monday July 15, 2024 @07:05PM (#40972255)
How so?
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Re:A word about private attribution in Firefox by basscomm on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @08:23AM (#40975851)
Because once I get a product from a vendor, it's none of the vendor's business how I use the product unless I want to tell them about it.

Software vendors seem to think that they're entitled to this information because they really want it, but they're wrong.

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Re:A word about private attribution in Firefox by exsomet on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @09:12AM (#40976241)
> Telemetry is the in situ collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment for monitoring.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemetry

Telemetry’s incompatibility with privacy is self-evident.

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