On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 09:01:15PM +0200, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> > The fact that the package is calling home (whether or not the location 
> > of the IP is checked), is a form of tracking. Particularly since firefox 
> > updates are being handled by Fedora and there is no need for our version 
> > to be calling home to check for updates.
> 
> *If* it calls home. If this is a predefined list bundled with firefox
> there is no reason to call home. 

The currently available bits of information suggest otherwise:

> What information will Mozilla provide sponsored content partners from
> the Directory Tiles?
> 
> Mozilla is putting together just the basic metrics that marketers or
> content publishers might need to understand the value they are
> receiving.  As of now, our expectation is that we’ll be delivering the
> number of impressions (how many times a tile was shown) and
> interactions (how many interactions with a tile, i.e. clicks).

taken from:
https://blog.mozilla.org/advancingcontent/2014/02/13/more-details-on-directory-tiles/
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