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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Noteworthy change in the way Chrome logs in
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:12:32
Message-Id: 1682065.MSrQU5RKUy@dell_xps
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Noteworthy change in the way Chrome logs in by Dale
1 On Tuesday, 25 September 2018 12:02:48 BST Dale wrote:
2 > Mick wrote:
3 > > On Tuesday, 25 September 2018 03:11:38 BST Walter Dnes wrote:
4 > >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 02:59:17PM +0100, Mick wrote
5 > >>
6 > >>> This is worse than I expected. OK, therefore never signing into
7 > >>> Google's
8 > >>> systems with Chromium is the only way to stop this invasion of privacy.
9 > >>> Thankfully, we still have Firefox. ;-)
10 > >>
11 > >> Ahemm...
12 > >> https://dustri.org/b/mozilla-is-still-screwing-around-with-privacy-in-fir
13 > >> ef
14 > >> ox.html
15 > >
16 > > Yes, there is this leaking agent running in FF, but I have (almost)
17 > > disabled telemetry. The problem is this pesky entry which is shown as
18 > > "locked" and therefore unable to be disabled in about:config
19 > >
20 > > Preference Name Status Type Value
21 > > ========================= ====== ======= =====
22 > > toolkit.telemetry.enabled locked boolean true
23 >
24 > Just for giggles, I looked at my config and it shows a default status
25 > and is set to false. Maybe it is a difference in version or could it be
26 > a USE flag makes a difference or something else??? I'm on Firefox
27 > 52.9.0. Maybe you are using the latest version. I'm stuck here due to
28 > some add ons not ready for the newer versions.
29 >
30 > Dale
31 >
32 > :-) :-)
33
34 I'm on 60.2.0 and although other telemetry entries are modifiable, the one I
35 mention above is shown as locked. Apparently this is locked to 'true' for
36 pre-release builds and 'false' for release builds:
37
38 https://medium.com/georg-fritzsche/data-preference-changes-in-firefox-58-2d5df9c428b5
39
40 --
41 Regards,
42 Mick

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