Things to know about the GDPR, Mozilla and Firefox
Great, so about:addons doesn’t use tracking Google Analytics cookies anymore? Or has a visible way to disable it (you need to enable DNT to get rid of this).<p>And Firefox Nightly does not track personally identifiable telemetry anymore?<p>No. Mozilla still tracks every step I take.<p>What the fuck, Mozilla?<p>EDIT: Example. Go to If you go to view-source:<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/</a> — In the code you’ll find Google Analytics, and if you open the page, it’ll set tracking cookies. No cookie notice, no opt-in, at all.<p>How the FUCK is this supposed to be GDPR-compliant? Cambridge Analytica is more GDPR-compliant than this.<p>EDIT 2: See also <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785</a> to show that about:addons loads addons.mozilla.org, including the Google Analytics trackers without opt-in.<p>EDIT 3: See also <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/</a> which explains that Nightly and Beta always send telemetry, which can not be turned off in any way, and your only way to avoid it is to stop using the product, which again violates the GDPR section on "free consent".