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Android is now warning of Firefox sharing data (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Firefox engines have telemetry since old ages. Do you know what even crazier ??? even other firefox browser like fennec has Mozilla telemetry.


PSA : disable it with Blocker (ROOT) for more privacy

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

Sending telemetry like crashes and what features you use/don't use isn't really in the same category as using location data for marketing purposes. It's a very important distinction to draw.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It has a mozilla telemetry component, but that doesn't mean that it's necessarily reporting to mozilla - which wouldn't make much sense anyway - nor that it actually functions at all. Most telemetry components in Firefox can't simply be deleted because it causes stuff to break, so they are replaced with stubs that don't actually do anything.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Assuming that's all it's really doing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For a novice, what exactly is Blocker (ROOT)? Is it an app, a setting, or a configuration?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Its app that you can downloaded in F-Droid, basically it's a app that can control other app components. But before that you must Root/Unlock bootloader

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks very much for the info!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Fennec is maintained by Mozilla