On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Adam Williamson < adamw...@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-12-18 at 11:09 -0800, Gerald B. Cox wrote: > > > > First of all, when you install Fx, it asks you specifically if you want > to > > participate in Fx Data Collection - you can opt out at that point. > > Well, not quite. I installed Firefox rather a long time ago on this > system. Again I can't prove it, but at that time I believe this > question and preference referred *only* to 'data collection'. However, > since then, a new sub-preference seems to have appeared, labelled > 'Allow Firefox to install and run studies'. It appears, so far as I can > tell, that they are claiming this promotional tie-in constituted a > "study". That's a weak claim to start with, but more importantly, I am > fairly sure this "Allow Firefox to install and run studies" preference > was simply set to 'true' when it was *added* to Firefox. I was not > asked. If I had been, I'm pretty sure I would've said no. > You are correct that it is a sub-preference - and IF you allowed data collection it was also allowed - because it is in the same category. As far as Looking Glass - they made a mistake, and they admitted they made a mistake, and have removed Looking Glass from studies Personally, I have no issue with the shield studies and this episode didn't cause me to opt out.
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