• sovietknuckles [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    Firefox Beta is for anyone who wants to use a version 1 month ahead of the latest stable Firefox version, and AFAIK it doesn't have more telemetry than stable Firefox versions.

    Regardless, you can disable telemetry and studies by setting some preferences in about:config (or a user.js file):

    Preferences to set

    Source: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/fd72683abe15/user.js#L131-L175

    Preference value
    datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled false
    datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.unified false
    toolkit.telemetry.enabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.server data:,
    toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled false
    toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out true
    toolkit.coverage.opt-out true
    toolkit.coverage.endpoint.base
    browser.ping-centre.telemetry false
    browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry false
    browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry false
    app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled false
    app.normandy.enabled false
    app.normandy.api_url