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by drdaeman 3140 days ago
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.

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> 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.

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