Firefox Fails to Respect Privacy by Default
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(Firefox :: General, defect)
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(Reporter: brendieellen, Unassigned)
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(Keywords: reporter-external)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:152.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/152.0
Steps to reproduce:
Downloaded a browser that claims to respect my privacy.
Actual results:
Browser collected data on me.
Expected results:
Browser should have respected my need for privacy.
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Updated•3 months ago
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Updated•3 months ago
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Comment 1•3 months ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Core::Widget: Gtk' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.
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Comment 2•3 months ago
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(In reply to Brenda Make from comment #0)
Browser collected data on me.
@Brenda, could you be more specific about what was collected?
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Updated•3 months ago
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Comment 3•2 months ago
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I have found repeated evidence that Firefox, by default collects user data, and archives it.
Not only is it an evasion on privacy, but the high number of small files takes needless amount of time to back up the profile.
Mozilla claims to care about privacy, and offers Firefox as a solution to other browsers that do not respect privacy.
Why not take a brave step forward and live up to the claims Mozilla puts forth?
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Comment 4•2 months ago
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At Mozilla we take data collection very seriously. We intend to never collect data that could directly identify the individual. But we do need to collect technical data to help us understand how Firefox is used so that we can improve it. Our data collection policies are documented. If you think we are violating these policies please can you let us know where and how so that we can address it.
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Comment 5•2 months ago
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Closing for pending needinfo over 14 days old.
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Comment 6•1 month ago
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Firefox still has archived collected data, which is quite noticeable on backups.
Presently, Firefox protects users privacy, but not from Mozilla.
Firefox not collecting personal data, by default, would instead show that Mozilla takes privacy seriously.
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Comment 7•1 month ago
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It is not a good thing that such a serious topic was closed so quickly.
Without privacy, where is Firefox's value added?
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Comment 8•1 month ago
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(In reply to Brenda Make from comment #6)
Firefox still has archived collected data, which is quite noticeable on backups.
Backups are local to your machine, Mozilla cannot access them, so this wouldn't be considered to be a privacy issue.
Presently, Firefox protects users privacy, but not from Mozilla.
Firefox not collecting personal data, by default, would instead show that Mozilla takes privacy seriously.
You still haven't explained what personal data you think Firefox is collecting and sending to Mozilla.
(In reply to Brenda Make from comment #7)
It is not a good thing that such a serious topic was closed so quickly.
Without privacy, where is Firefox's value added?
All bugs are closed if the reporter fails to respond to questions within a few weeks. Bugs can always be reopened if you actually provide the requested information.
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Comment 9•1 month ago
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I would consider the 1,279 items in mozilla's Datareporting Archive to a privacy problem.
From the minute I installed Firefox, I set it not to report anything.
It's not supposed to be there!!!
This is also a wasteful nuisance during backups.
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Comment 10•1 month ago
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(In reply to Brenda Make from comment #9)
I would consider the 1,279 items in mozilla's Datareporting Archive to a privacy problem.
Unless this data is actually being sent to Mozilla, which it shouldn't be if you've opted out, this isn't a privacy issue. But I agree it is annoying that we still store some data there. We are working to stop this, see bug 2049082 comment 2 for some more context.
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