Firefox now shows what telemetry data it's collecting about you

https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-now-shows-what-telemetry-data-its-collecting-about-you


#ff #firefox #telemetry

Mozilla shares telemetry data on the corona crisis

The Firefox manufacturer wants to support research into the coronavirus pandemic with this

The browser manufacturer Mozilla has recorded a significant increase in the number of its daily users of Firefox on the desktop in the past days and weeks. The company attributes this increase to the corona crisis and the associated measures for so-called social or physical distancing. Mozilla is therefore now releasing this data for research, as the company announces in its data blog.

👉🏼 Read more:
https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2020/03/30/opening-data-to-understand-social-distancing/

https://www.golem.de/news/social-distancing-mozilla-teilt-telemetrie-daten-zur-coronakrise-2003-147610.html

#mozilla #firefox #browser #telemetry #coronavirus
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Mobile Handset Privacy: Measuring The Data iOS and Android Send to Apple And Google

We find that even when minimally configured and the handset is idle both iOS and Google Android share data with Apple/Google on average every 4.5 mins.

‼️ The phone IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM serial number and IMSI, handsetphone number etc are shared with Apple and Google. Both iOS and Google Android transmit telemetry, despite the user explicitly opting out of this.

💡 When a SIM is inserted both iOS and Google Android send details to Apple/Google. iOS sends the MAC addresses of nearby devices, e.g. other handsets and the home gateway, to Apple together with their GPS location. Currently there are few, if any, realistic options for preventing this data sharing.

https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/apple_google.pdf

#apple #google #study #telemetry #data #mobilephones #pdf
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https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/17/each-firefox-download-has-a-unique-identifier/

- no opt-in, only opt-out
- opt-out only after installation, when tracking already happend
- Telemetry of Firefox is worse than chrome because in Chrome it's an opt-in, while in Firefox it's an opt-out; average users won't opt-out anyway

Great work Mozilla, thats how you violate the GDPR 😁

@no_firefox

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