[kuschku]

> The advice to use Tor browser is also terrible.

Mozilla uses tracking scripts in Firefox, which in some versions (such as Firefox Beta, Developer Edition, and Nightly) can not even be disabled (If you go to about:config, you’ll notice that toolkit.telemetry.enabled is "locked:true").

So Mozilla themselves suggests that if you do not trust Google Analytics to hold up their agreements with Mozilla, you should instead use another browser (e.g. Tor Browser).

[drdaeman]

Isn't it datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled (still unlocked and visible in the "options" -> "privacy & security" panel) that controls the upload, and toolkit.telemetry.enabled is only about whenever something is collected or not?

Either way, thanks for the pointer. Didn't knew that setting was revamped.

[kuschku]

> Isn't it datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled (still unlocked and visible in the "options" -> "privacy & security" panel) that controls the upload, and toolkit.telemetry.enabled is only about whenever something is collected or not?

I’m not actually sure – I’ve heard conflicting reports from Mozilla volunteers and employees in the past, but the general statement is that Beta, Dev, and Nightly contain tracking, and you opt into that when downloading, because the smallprint below the download button tells you that they will track you.

[drdaeman]

I've experimented with changing `toolkit.telemetry.server` to my own server. Not a single request for the last 18 hours (since I've read your comment and changed the settings)

[libertyEQ]

Using nmap, and not changing the destination server, I've seen numerous outbound requests in a given hour.