Firefox now sends more data than you might think to Mozilla. To power Firefox Suggest, Firefox sends the keystrokes you type into your address bar, your location information, and more to Mozilla’s servers. Here’s exactly what Firefox is sharing and how to control it.
This change was made as part of the introduction of Firefox Suggest in Firefox 93, released on October 5, 2021. As part of Firefox Suggest, Firefox is getting ads in your search bar—but that’s not the only thing that will be news to longtime Firefox users. According to Mozilla, “Firefox Suggest acts as a trustworthy guide to the better web, surfacing relevant information and sites to help people accomplish their goals.” In reality, what that means is, when you start typing in your address bar, you won’t just see the standard search suggestions from Google or your current search default engine. [...] Firefox Suggest is on by default. Mozilla’s blog post on the subject says Firefox Suggest is an “opt-in experience,” which was the case in September 2021—but it’s now enabled by default in Firefox 93. However, as of Firefox 93’s release in October 2021, Firefox Suggest is only enabled in the USA—for now. [...] To deliver contextual suggestions, Firefox will need to send Mozilla new data, specifically, what you type into the search bar, city-level location data to know what’s nearby and relevant, as well as whether you click on a suggestion and which suggestion you click on. [...] [to Disable Firefox Suggest] Select “Privacy & Security” in the left pane, and scroll down to “Address Bar — Firefox Suggest.” Disable “Contextual suggestions” and “Include occasional sponsored suggestions” to stop Firefox from sending data to Mozilla. https://www.howtogeek.com/760425/firefox-now-sends-your-address-bar-keystrokes-to-mozilla/ Giacomo _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list [email protected] https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa
