this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2023
63 points (85.4% liked)

Firefox

16987 readers
44 users here now

A place to discuss the news and latest developments on the open-source browser Firefox

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I have all Firefox Data Collection and Use options disabled.

Anyone know what all of these services are doing? I assume they're for auto updates, account sync, and maybe pushing Pocket ads and/or sponsored pins?

Likely, I'll block most, but curious if anyone knew.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Looked up 2 of them, seems like they are settings and files, stored on Googles servers, but encrypted by the time it reaches Google.

Short of someone with a quantum computer, I doubt anyone will decrypt them, along with the billions of other user files out there. Suffice to say, don’t store/link anything sensitive if you’re worried.

Blocking might just break features, but be wary to see what’s broken based on what’s disabled and see if it can just be manually disabled in settings first.

[–] glowie@infosec.pub 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did see a reddit thread briefly talking about this, but wasn't sure how accurate it was. Thanks!

[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 7 points 7 months ago

No problem, I’m not exactly a fan of the cloud myself, but it’s being forced on us. It feels a bit like a fad, but I still store everything on secondary storage.