Viss2d ago

hey

run firefox?

hit about:config
search for 'telemetry'

disable aaaaaaaaaallll that shit

Show threadTim Lavoie2d ago

@Viss JFC, there's a ton of shit in there. Makes me think that any time I run FF, I should do it while proxied through Burp.

Not exactly coercing me back from Vivaldi (but I did nuke all that while I was in there).

Show threadViss2d ago
@tim_lavoie vivaldi is nice but its still got some stuff that carries over from chrome which i hate - like how it supports proxies, and how horizontal scrolling if you have a shitload of tabs is a fucking nightmare
Show threadTim Lavoie2d ago
@Viss True, and I really love the temporary containers option on Firefox, which along with keeping uBo would be the main drivers to switch back. It's feeling like a harder sell all the time though.
Show threadLukefromDC2d ago

@tim_lavoie @Viss Forks like librewolf tend to turn this sort of shit off by default.

Think of Firefox being enshittified and the forks bringing the toilet paper, the shower, and the soap.

Show threadTim Lavoie1d ago
@LukefromDC @Viss By the way, I just reinstalled #librewolf, and a number of about:config items with "telemetry" in the name are set to "true".
Show threadWachoperro

@tim_lavoie
Henlo! Rando with an almost default librewolf config here.
All the telemetries i see enabled are all sub-configs of other higher-level settings that are already disabled (for example, browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry = false, but browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.privatePing.enabled = true)
I think it's actually working as intended, it's just not very clear about them being sub-settings

But on default firefox? Disable everything, don't take any chances to leave something enabled unintentionally

@LukefromDC @Viss

Apr 8 at 3:16amWeb
Show threadTim Lavoie1d ago
@wachoperro @LukefromDC @Viss Yeah thanks, I wondered if that might be the case. Figured it takes zero effort to tick all the boxes anyway, at least quicker than finding out what the separate options do.