Re: Firefox "Looking Glass" fiasco

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On Mon, 2017-12-18 at 11:09 -0800, Gerald B. Cox wrote:
> 
> First of all, when you install Fx, it asks you specifically if you want to
> participate in Fx Data Collection - you can opt out at that point.

Well, not quite. I installed Firefox rather a long time ago on this
system. Again I can't prove it, but at that time I believe this
question and preference referred *only* to 'data collection'. However,
since then, a new sub-preference seems to have appeared, labelled
'Allow Firefox to install and run studies'. It appears, so far as I can
tell, that they are claiming this promotional tie-in constituted a
"study". That's a weak claim to start with, but more importantly, I am
fairly sure this "Allow Firefox to install and run studies" preference
was simply set to 'true' when it was *added* to Firefox. I was not
asked. If I had been, I'm pretty sure I would've said no.
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