On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Ehsan Akhgari <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 2015-01-14 6:29 AM, Gijs Kruitbosch wrote:
>
>> Ehm, I'm pretty sure we will check for updates on release by default.
>> Less sure about FHR and crashreporter, but I was under the impression
>> both were opt-out.
>>
>
> FHR is opt out: <https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/
> services/healthreport/healthreport-prefs.js#21>
>
> Crash reporter is controlled by a build time option <
> https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/configure.in#6063> that is
> on by default.
>
>  Un Virumbi, naive question: would you really want to include the update
>> ping in disabling this? (ie no longer getting automated updates)
>> Seems to me like its privacy issues (which are very small) shouldn't
>> outweigh the risk of running a version with known security issues.
>>
>
> Well, to be fair, there is no right choice when choosing between privacy
> and security.  It would be nice if we ensure that update pings do not have
> any potential privacy issues associated with them so that users who feel
> they need to take action against this type of issue do not have to disable
> updates.

The app update ping only contains data that is needed to serve the right
update for the system. Example from my system:
AUS:SVC Checker:checkForUpdates - sending request to:
https://aus4.mozilla.org/update/3/Firefox/38.0a1/20150113030205/WINNT_x86-msvc/en-US/nightly/Windows_NT%206.3.0.0%20(x64)/default/default/update.xml?force=1

The values of 'default' are for partner builds to differentiate them from
our builds.

Cheers,
Robert
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