[bobcall]

> The telemetry is opt-in...

It is not "opt-in". The popup tells you to change those settings and if you don't do anything, it is on. Just by unchecking the box in settings does not turn off all telemetry.

> Calling studies "malware" is just disingenuous.

I guess you don't remember the "Mr.Robot" incident[1] that we were not suppose to know about and many did not consent? Pushing an update with "Studies" enabled by default and then pushing this malicious software is not consent!

> I don't see what MITI has anything to do with the rest.

Mozilla* is not in a position to be calling out other companies when they themselves are guilty of doing the exact same things.

[1] https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/16/firefox-mr-robot-extensi...

[Dylan16807]

> I guess you don't remember the "Mr.Robot" incident[1] that we were not suppose to know about and many did not consent?

That was not malware. I will explain this a thousand times if I have to. If you didn't manually configure its secret setting, it did literally nothing.

[FTLJohnson]

So, we can install software on people's computers and take up space on their hard drives without their permission now and it's not considered malicious? OK!

[folkrav]

Malware has a definition[1] :

> Malicious computer software that interferes with normal computer functions or sends personal data about the user to unauthorized parties over the Internet.

Taking up a couple KBs of space to do nothing is not even comparable. From a moral standpoint, was it okay from them to install that extension on people's computers? No. Was it malware? No.

[1] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=define+malware&t=h_&ia=definition