Mozilla Installs Scheduled Telemetry Task on Windows with Firefox 75 (2020)

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Mozilla Installs Scheduled Telemetry Task on Windows with Firefox 75 (2020)

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Mozilla Controversy Exposed@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Mozilla installs Scheduled Telemetry Task on Windows with Firefox 75 - gHacks Tech News

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Observant Firefox users on Windows who have updated the web browser to Firefox 75 may have noticed that the upgrade brought along with it a new scheduled tasks.

“Firefox can change your preferences (including those for telemetry) remotely, without having to resort to the standard update procedure:”

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