Firefox built-in spyware that cannot be disabled

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2 years ago

Looking at about:networking I can see connections to pocket (despite me disabling pocket in about:config) as well as connections to "firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com".

And after research, it appears some of these are hard-coded into the source code on purpose for "security reasons" which is ridiculous.

Mind you, my browser is hardened to it's best.. just felt like sharing this for anyone unaware that even if you harden Firefox, even if you go the extra 10 miles and edit about:config, it will still spy on you!

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