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submitted 2 years ago by kixik@lemmy.ml to c/librewolf@lemmy.ml

I believe the settings to disable this on Librewolf are set by default...

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[-] kixik@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well this one is not false, :(

browser.search.serpEventTelemetry.enabled

Though this one is:

browser.search.serpEventTelemetryCategorization.enabled

So it seems not quite fully disabled... But telemetry is supposed to be off on librewolf...

[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago

telemetry is disabled at build time

but, just in case, that setting has been disabled and will be pushed in the next update

[-] kbal@fedia.io 16 points 2 years ago

The data being collected is meant to enhance the appeal of Firefox as an ad platform for customers who might want to buy paid placements in Firefox Suggest. Perhaps they also consider it useful as a trial balloon to test the reaction it gets before heading further in that direction. The reaction it gets will not be good.

Looks like I may finally be trying out Librewolf.

[-] toastal@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Welcome. 😃

[-] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Looks like I may finally be trying out Librewolf.

I like the out of the box experience of LibreWolf very much but it will not work well for all websites in my case. Luckily Firefox and LibreWolf can be installed and used at the same time without any issues.

[-] chiefbongo@mastodon.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] electricprism@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Those million dollar CEO pay increases aren't going to increase themselves...

[-] Jake_T12@mastodon.social 4 points 2 years ago

@chiefbongo @kixik Hi Chief I switched it off in settings...

[-] kixik@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You might want to set both configs off. Not just one, although one seems off by default, but better make sure both get off in librewolf.cfg...

[-] johny_joe_1975@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago

Firefox need insight on its search ?

[-] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I would not mind if LibreWolf would be based on Firefox ESR (Like Tor and Mullvad browser are). The speed of the amount of new features added to Firefox is something I can do without.

[-] johny_joe_1975@discuss.online 5 points 2 years ago

So, how come firefox become spyware now ?

[-] THE_STORM_BLADE@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Firefox suggest is not worth the data that they're getting with this change. At least the collection can be disabled!

this post was submitted on 15 May 2024
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