- Jan 21, 2018
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"Firefox 75 comes with a new telemetry agent that sends information about your operating system and your default browser to Firefox every day. This guide will walk you through disabling this "feature" to protect your privacy.
For some time, Firefox has been collecting telemetry data about how you use the browser, such as the number of web pages you visit, safebrowsing information, the number of open tabs and windows, what add-ons are installed, and more.
This telemetry data is kept for 13 months and IP addresses listed in server logs are deleted every 30 days."
Details on how to disable the telemetry are included in the article.
For some time, Firefox has been collecting telemetry data about how you use the browser, such as the number of web pages you visit, safebrowsing information, the number of open tabs and windows, what add-ons are installed, and more.
This telemetry data is kept for 13 months and IP addresses listed in server logs are deleted every 30 days."
Firefox now tells Mozilla what your default browser is every day
Firefox 75 comes with a new telemetry agent that sends information about your operating system and your default browser to Firefox every day. This guide will walk you through disabling this "feature" to protect your privacy.
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Details on how to disable the telemetry are included in the article.