FireFox 3 EULA

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> Arthur Pemberton <pemboa <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> I still haven't found out how to disable this feature myself. It
>> really should be off by the default.
>
> As the EULA replacement page says:
>> If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the Services and disable the
>> Services in Edit > Preferences > Security and uncheck the options for
>> both: "Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site" and "Tell
>> me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery".
>
> I'd recommend that everyone disable those options if they value their privacy.
> Or just switch to a sane browser, such as Konqueror. It's really outrageous
> that this kind of "phoning home" is tolerated in Free Software.


I saw those options, and neither of them suggested that they were
responsible for the phoning home. At least their description doesn't
suggest such. Seems like the same functionality could be gained by
maintaining a local sqlite db of phishing sites.

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