Re: Firefox and Privacy Notice

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On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 17:33:40 +0800
Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 03/03/18 16:00, Alessio Ciregia wrote:
> > I don't know if it has already been discussed, but in Firefox, in
> > about:preferences#privacy, "Allow Firefox to send technical and
> > interaction data to Mozilla" and "Allow Firefox to install and run
> > studies" are enabled by default.
> > Ok, I trust Mozilla, but these should be opt-in features, IMO.
> > I don't want to start a flame, but I ask if someone could kindly
> > point me where, in Fedora, this question has already been
> > discussed.  
> 
> I have a fresh install of F27.   All of the boxes you mention are
> un-checked.  I didn't touch FF much since I mainly use Chrome.  So, I
> think they must have been unchecked by default.  I don't recall if I
> was asked my preference. 
> 
> 

When new/fresh profile is created I always saw a small "status line" in
the bottom with a button (I think it doesn't pop-up immediately, but
after some short period of time (~10 seconds maybe), asking about data
collection, which when clicked opens the preferences where you can
switch those off. That is what I remember from last time.

Regards,
Branko
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