1784590 - Add use counters for unsupported APIs in PBM

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, task)

Comment 1

[Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

Attachment: Bug 1784590 - Part 1: Remove hide_in_pbmode prefs r=asuth

It turns out that websites break with different reasons when hiding things. At this point we want to stop revising the hack further and instead gather the data about how many websites are currently affected.

Comment 2

[Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

Attachment: Bug 1784590 - Part 2: Add use counters for unsupported APIs in PBM r=asuth

Depends on D154578

Comment 3

[Kagami Rosylight [:saschanaz] (they/them)]

Attachment: data-review.md

Comment 4

[Chris H-C :chutten]

Comment on attachment 9290184 [details]
data-review.md

DATA COLLECTION REVIEW RESPONSE:

Is there or will there be documentation that describes the schema for the ultimate data set available publicly, complete and accurate?

Yes.

Is there a control mechanism that allows the user to turn the data collection on and off?

Yes. This collection is Telemetry so can be controlled through Firefox's Preferences.

If the request is for permanent data collection, is there someone who will monitor the data over time?

Yes, Kagami Rosylight is responsible.

Using the category system of data types on the Mozilla wiki, what collection type of data do the requested measurements fall under?

Category 1, Technical.

Is the data collection request for default-on or default-off?

Default on for all channels.

Does the instrumentation include the addition of any new identifiers?

No.

Is the data collection covered by the existing Firefox privacy notice?

Yes.

Does the data collection use a third-party collection tool?

No.

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Result: datareview+

Comment 5

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/35dbbd6dbb70
Part 1: Remove hide_in_pbmode prefs r=asuth
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/36d36e75930f
Part 2: Add use counters for unsupported APIs in PBM r=asuth

Comment 6

[Marian-Vasile Laza]

Backed out 2 changesets (Bug 1784590) for causing mochitest failures on test_privateBrowsing.html.
Backout link
Push with failures <--> c1
Failure Log
Also bc11 failure log
Also bc2 failure log

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/2f714355a8c8
Part 1: Remove hide_in_pbmode prefs r=asuth
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/cd284ba05fbb
Part 2: Add use counters for unsupported APIs in PBM r=asuth

Comment 8

[Marian-Vasile Laza]

Backed out 2 changesets (Bug 1784590) for causing mochitest failures on test_privateBrowsing.html.
Backout link
Push with failures <--> c1
Failure Log
Also bc3 failure log
Also bc7 failure log

Comment 9

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/09b32247b65d
Part 1: Remove hide_in_pbmode prefs r=asuth
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/18c8a1d1ff99
Part 2: Add use counters for unsupported APIs in PBM r=asuth

Comment 10

[Sandor Molnar[:smolnar]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/09b32247b65d
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/18c8a1d1ff99