Firefox now shows ads as sponsored address bar suggestions

[silversurfer]

This article headline sounds worse than it's the real case Solution to avoid is still the same: just disable Firefox Suggest!

[Update: Mozilla Fixes Its Documentation] Firefox Now Sends Your Address Bar Keystrokes to Mozilla

Firefox now sends your keystrokes and location to Mozilla as you type in your address bar. Here's what you need to know.

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[oldschool]

I pity the poor, uninterested, non-technical user - although in the end, we are all simply data points!

 

[plat]

Just did a bunch of searches in the Firefox address bar with Firefox Suggest enabled. No ads yet, so the "occasional" seems to mean what it says but this could change down the road. As for keystrokes, hmmm, well after reading and considering, it seems a little alarmist esp. since as stated, most browsers have been doing this anyway to speed up searches, etc.

Firefox is donation-ware. So it could surely use a financial boost from ad revenue. I mean, it's a grey area and something easily exploited: an end-user's unawareness that this stuff comes enabled and is therefore profiting from you in some way. Don't know what to make of it, honestly.

 

[oldschool]

most browsers have been doing this anyway to speed up searches, etc.

This is the first thing to turn off when using any new, mainstream browser. Another thing most users don't do.