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…of July 2017, Mozilla has disabled Google Analytics for any browser that has Do Not Track enabled. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue... This change was made in response to pressure from HN readers, so thanks to…

comment by commoner · 2021-08-31 · in Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics

I believe they are talking about an outdated issue: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue...

comment by robbya · 2019-10-22 · in Latest Firefox Brings Privacy Protections Front and Center

…do nothing because Fennec 68 and Fenix 68 will overlap for only 6–8 weeks with a preview audience." https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/7963 Firefox 69 releases 2019-09-03 at the end of Quarter 3.…

comment by kevin_b_er · 2019-07-09 · in Firefox 68.0

E.g. this issue about Google Analytics on about:addons https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785

comment by yorwba · 2019-06-27 · in Reinventing Firefox for Android

…seems to proceed exactly like Google. - Google Analytics tracking users on configuration page, https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 - Firefox Focus, a tracker blocker, sending user data to third-party Adjust…

comment by hawaiian · 2019-06-22 · in Is Firefox better than Chrome? It comes down to privacy

https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785

comment by lossolo · 2018-09-24 · in Why I’m done with Chrome

I assume they're talking about the use of google analytics on the about:addons page discussed here: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 Two things to note from that thread: From what I've read, Mozilla had some agreement…

comment by azdle · 2018-09-24 · in Why I’m done with Chrome

…is financed by google. Which means they might always find loopholes like these to track you: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 Search 'telemetry' and 'tracking' under about:config . Set all true to false where…

comment by singularity2001 · 2018-08-30 · in Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking

…their analytics. This is the description [1] and this is the resulting options they got [2]. [0] https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue... [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697436#c14 [2]…

comment by ColanR · 2018-08-30 · in Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking

Apparently it respects Do Not Track, according to some discussion above and at https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 The link also seems to say you can block it in uMatrix, but it isn't by default

comment by bopbop · 2018-08-30 · in Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking

…Google Analytics that ensures all data is anonymized. Some discussion which mentions that here: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785

comment by firloop · 2018-08-30 · in Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking

…to be GDPR-compliant? Cambridge Analytica is more GDPR-compliant than this. EDIT 2: See also https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 to show that about:addons loads addons.mozilla.org, including the Google Analytics trackers…

comment by kuschku · 2018-05-25 · in Things to know about the GDPR, Mozilla and Firefox

…most) users on what tracking means. [0] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1380754 [1] https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2802

comment by lucideer · 2017-12-16 · in Firefox is on a slippery slope

…Analytics, or if I use Firefox, which also sends my interaction with the Addon menu to Google https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 and my browsing history to a German publishing, ad and tracking company (CliqZ belongs to…

comment by kuschku · 2017-12-15 · in Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

…Addons menu – solved by adding, in grey text on grey background, a tiny "Privacy Policy" link: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 Automatically sending URLs visited of random German Firefox users to a German company…

comment by kuschku · 2017-12-15 · in Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

…had Mozilla put Google Analytics into the Addons menu (because it’s loaded from addons.mozilla.org: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 ), and we had Mozilla say that, if we don’t trust Google, we shouldn’t use Firefox.…

comment by kuschku · 2017-12-15 · in Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

…the rest of the web, though. [0]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697436 [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 [2]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697436#c14

comment by actuallyalys · 2017-10-16 · in The trouble with text-only email

…to incorrectly and misleadingly report to users what is really happening internally." [1] [1] https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785

comment by Animats · 2017-08-22 · in Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a privacy-preserving way

Then check out https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785

comment by kuschku · 2017-08-22 · in Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a privacy-preserving way

…and shovel any of that down people's throats and the idea of Firefox as a user's browser will die. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785 And now this :-( I have been using Firefox since before it was called that. I develop…

comment by gbuk2013 · 2017-08-22 · in Studying how Firefox can collect additional data in a privacy-preserving way

…but there is no way for the webext blockers to know this and report properly to users. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue...

comment by kasabali · 2017-08-10 · in uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions

…site -- it's all pretty obvious) Mozilla has a deal with GA that restricts the data collected. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue... The data collected is IIRC only aggregate numbers. Neither of these are "copying…

comment by Manishearth · 2017-07-20 · in Firefox marketshare revisited

A bit of hyperbole, but here's the reference: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785

comment by cdubzzz · 2017-07-12 · in Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Internet

…and the Mozilla devs closed it, arguing that Google Analytics does not count as tracking. See: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/pull/2787#issueco... The TOR devs are fixing this part in their browser, and their comment was: >…

comment by kuschku · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

The pull request was closed without merging https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/pull/2787#issueco...

comment by MaxLeiter · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

…even that baseline data collection. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=697436#c14 [2] https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2789

comment by potch · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

…amusing how the new web extensions are unable to block this in comparison to the "legacy" ones. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue... I am really wondering why they want to replace xul addons with the web…

comment by snakeanus · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

…It is extremely useful to us and we have already weighed the cost/benefit of using tracking. https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/1107 Ew. Firefox, I am ashamed to know you.

comment by pavement · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

…Do Not Track, but as a result of the thread, someone just made a PR to implement that feature: https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/pull/2787 Currently, no matter what privacy settings you set, you are being tracked, without being…

comment by kuschku · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

The general policy at Mozilla – which I'm pretty sure addons.mozilla.org follows (given https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/blob/28410742c206... ) is that we don't use Google Analytics on websites if you have Do Not Track on. It's a…

comment by ianbicking · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings

…so keen to dismiss this. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/meatcomputer/status/8813107782251... [2] https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785#issue...

comment by michaelt · 2017-07-12 · in Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics in the add-on settings