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Firefox to collect your (anonymized) search data (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You're describing telemetry to improve the overall performance of the window. That's very different from what Mozilla: listening in to what is sent between the teller and I. They even gave an example of a trip to Spain and recording it as travel. That's going way beyond the performance of a window. The teller is probably already doing that. The window operator has no business listening in on that discussion nor recording even a summary of details of the discussion.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The analogy isn't perfect, no analogy ever is.

    In this case the content of the search is all that really matters for the quality of the search. What else would you suggest be recorded, the words-per-minute typing speed, the font size? If they want to improve the search system they need to know how it's working, and that involves recording the searches.

    It's anonymized and you can opt out. Go ahead and opt out. There'll still be enough telemetry for them to do their work.

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