Adam Williamson wrote:
> 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.
IMHO, the fact that telemetry exists and is enabled by default is already an
unacceptable privacy invasion. And the misfeature to abuse users as guinea
pigs is even more unacceptable.
Kevin Kofler
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