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by TekMol 2847 days ago
Jesus, that is not about Google Analytics on Mozillas websites but on the about:addons page of Firefox. That is terrifying.
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ptr_void 2847 days ago
See also about:telemetry to see if anything enabled. If enabled, they are sending a bunch of information with unique id. Even if disabled, the telemetry is still always being gathered, just not sent.
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lucb1e 2846 days ago
> If enabled, they are sending a bunch of information with unique id.

That is not the issue. The issue is when they send Firefox user's data to google of all places.

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firloop 2847 days ago
I know, but I imagine Mozilla has the same policy everywhere they use Google Analytics and that was the best source I could find for it.
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TekMol 2847 days ago
No, what I mean is: Apparently Mozilla injects Google Analytics right into Firefox.

That is terrifying.

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mathnmusic 2847 days ago
about:addons is an iframe that includes the addons.mozilla.org website - which happens to use GA with a special contract. This page now respects the Do-Not-Track setting.
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dao- 2847 days ago
> about:addons is an iframe that includes the addons.mozilla.org website

Only in the "Get Add-ons" section, mind you. Everything else is local.

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dewey 2847 days ago
Not much more terrifying than every website using it.
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geezerjay 2846 days ago
> Not much more terrifying than every website using it.

Actually it is. It suggests the organization behind the browser actively takes steps to embed tracking right in the browser.

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TekMol 2847 days ago
It's more terrifying because

a) I can block it from websites easily. Not so from Firefox about:... pages.

b) Firefox has a marketing angle that they are privacy protecting. But injecting external tracking code into the browser itself is the opposite.

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dewey 2846 days ago
If you really want to be sure then you should block it in your hosts file anyway and not just on an extension level.

Homebrew also has it included with a pretty good description why I think: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....

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reitanqild 2846 days ago
Most people use Chrome which sends every keystroke to Google.

That should be a whole lot more terrifying.

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monetus 2847 days ago
There is waterfox. I'm curious how quickly it will incorporate the new features.
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