Download page uses dark patterns to hide privacy impact
Categories
(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: jackson631d, Unassigned)
Details
Steps to reproduce:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/
Actual results:
"Beta is an unstable testing and development platform. By default, Beta sends data to Mozilla — and sometimes our partners — to help us handle problems and try ideas. Learn what is shared."
Clicked "Learn what is shared."
Even more words appear:
"Mozilla’s pre-release versions of Firefox (which are distributed through channels such as Nightly, Beta, Developer Edition and TestFlight) are development platforms frequently updated with experimental features and studies. In addition to the data collection described in this Privacy Notice, these versions by default may send certain types of web activity and crash data to Mozilla and in some cases to our partners. Any data collection or sharing adheres to our Firefox data collection policy and we will always be transparent and provide you with controls."
Expected results:
The download [1] page should explicitly state for Beta etc:
Certain types of web activity and crash data to Mozilla and in some cases to our partners.
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Comment 1•3 years ago
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Hi, thanks for reporting!
I'm not sure that a simple "Learn what is shared." link can really be classed as a dark pattern.
I saw that you also filed bug 1854832 for the privacy page copy. Perhaps we can revise the copy there, so there's more certainty around what "certain types of web activity" actually means (and what it does not).
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