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Disable Firefox telemetry pings

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About this category

This category contains privacy scripts for Linux.

These changes use Linux system commands to update your settings.

A telemetry ping refers to the data that Firefox transmits to Mozilla's Telemetry servers 1. It comes in different types and includes information collected by telemetry 1.

Safe for General Use

This category is recommended for all users. It helps to improve privacy without affecting stability.

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These scripts are written using Bash (Shell script) scripting language.

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  1. Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
  2. Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.

Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy​

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It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application.

privacy.sexy instructions
  1. Open or download the desktop application
  2. Search for the category name: Disable Firefox telemetry pings.
  3. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
  4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

Alternative 2. Download​

Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.

Reversible

This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.

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This script includes only Standard recommendation level.

Safe for General Use

Standard scripts in this category is recommended for all users. They help to improve privacy without affecting stability.

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Explore further​

This category includes total of 5 scripts but no subcategories.

Explore its 5 scripts:

Disable Firefox shutdown ping

The shutdown ping provides data about a clean shutdown. This script turns off three preferences to disable shutdown pings: 1. "toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled": This preference permits the shutdown ping to be sent when the browser is closed from the second browsing session onwards, as opposed to on the next restart, through the ping sender. 2. "toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabledFirstSession": This preference allows the shutdown ping to be sent through the ping sender from ...

Disable Firefox prio ping

This script disables the "prio" ping sent from Firefox Desktop. The ping is submitted at least once a day for sessions that last longer than 24 hours, and it is enabled by default. It sends Origin Telemetry, which allows Mozilla to get precise counts of how many Firefox clients perform certain activities on specific origins without revealing which clients were doing which things on which origins. This script sets the "toolkit.telemetry.prioping.enabled" preference to disabled, which turns of...

Explore Categories​

This action belongs to Disable Firefox telemetry category. By default, Firefox collects telemetry data. This data comprises two main categories: interaction data and technical data. Interaction data includes metrics such as the number of open tabs and windows, the number of webpages visited, the number and type of installed Firefox Add-ons,... Read more on category page ▶

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