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Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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757 points shak77 | 6 comments | 15 Dec 17 13:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.433s | source | bottom
1. majewsky ◴[15 Dec 17 14:47 UTC] No.15932155[source]▶
In the Preferences, scroll down to "Data Collection and Use", and disable everything.

I know that you only need to need to turn off "install and run studies", but this has now cost Mozilla all telemetry data from me, and I encourage everyone to do the same.

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2. bronson ◴[15 Dec 17 15:12 UTC] No.15932334[source]▶
It's not easy to keep them turned off. Browser upgrades seem to silently re-enable things.
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3. sundarurfriend ◴[15 Dec 17 15:23 UTC] No.15932405[source]▶
I've switched to Waterfox, because of things like this (including the Cliqz issues). I'm all for Mozilla making money and trying things, the problem is the way in which they do it. They fail to respect the users enough to communicate things, and have not been behaving like a user-friendly transparent company for some time now. I was a big enough fan to regularly donate and urge friends to do the same, but something has gone wrong inside the company.
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4. akerro ◴[15 Dec 17 15:27 UTC] No.15932432[source]▶
What platform are you on?
5. nawitus ◴[15 Dec 17 17:59 UTC] No.15933663[source]▶
Why can't I see the "install and run studies" option? Is it because I'm using Finnish language Firefox?
6. majewsky ◴[17 Dec 17 13:11 UTC] No.15945623[source]▶
I heard about Waterfox, but support for legacy extensions is a huge warning sign. I don't want to be stuck on FF56 technology forever.