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However, some options cannot be conveniently disabled, and requires fiddling the settings in <code>about:config</code>. Some of these examples include: | However, some options cannot be conveniently disabled, and requires fiddling the settings in <code>about:config</code>. Some of these examples include: | ||
* Integrated Pocket technology as a built-in extension, which in its Privacy Policy uses Google Analytics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pocket|url=https://getpocket.com/privacy?t=privacypolicy|date=August 27, 2025|website=Pocket|access-date=August 31, 2025}}</ref> | *Integrated Pocket technology as a built-in extension, which in its Privacy Policy uses Google Analytics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pocket|url=https://getpocket.com/privacy?t=privacypolicy|date=August 27, 2025|website=Pocket|access-date=August 31, 2025}}</ref> | ||
* Google Analytics in the browser.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Analytics is used to track users. #3145|url=https://github.com/mozilla/addons/issues/3145|website=GitHub|access-date=August 31, 2025}}</ref> Firefox stated they will not "give the 'data directly to Google'" but will "[collect] aggregate and non-identifiable data in numbers to ensure our development/UX changes are met well. [...] We need some data, anonymised and aggregated, to do this." | *Google Analytics in the browser.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Google Analytics is used to track users. #3145|url=https://github.com/mozilla/addons/issues/3145|website=GitHub|access-date=August 31, 2025}}</ref> Firefox stated they will not "give the 'data directly to Google'" but will "[collect] aggregate and non-identifiable data in numbers to ensure our development/UX changes are met well. [...] We need some data, anonymised and aggregated, to do this." | ||
===User freedom=== | ===User freedom=== | ||
* Heavily configurable via <code>about:config</code>. | *Heavily configurable via <code>about:config</code>. | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
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==Alternatives== | ==Alternatives== | ||
* [https://librewolf.net/ LibreWolf] | *[https://librewolf.net/ LibreWolf] | ||
*[http://mullvad.net/browser Mullvad Browser] | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |