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1. @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx)'s status on Thursday, 15-Mar-2018 23:36:08 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se
   Despite me having set my #Firefox 57 to not-check-for-updates it still checks for updates http://qttr.at/22q3. It's the so-called #Heartbeat
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx)'s status on Thursday, 15-Mar-2018 23:49:51 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • Privacy
     … disappointed to find #Mozilla including unexpected "minimally intrusive questioning" #spyware w/ #Firefox qttr.at/22q4 !privacy #Heartbeat
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx)'s status on Friday, 16-Mar-2018 19:13:16 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • allo
     @allo yep, Heartbeat seems to have been there since Firefox 28 or so, I may have heard about it before but forgot about it
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx)'s status on Friday, 16-Mar-2018 19:19:27 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     regarding #Firefox's "Heartbeat" #phonehome feature: a list of config settings to disable several unexpected anti features qttr.at/22qh
   • David Ross (davidross)'s status on Saturday, 17-Mar-2018 04:35:34 UTC David Ross

     • Kuro Sawai
     • allo

     @kuro @mcscx @allo you all might appreciate this tool. Compare orgs privsec & data policies in a sweet dataviz. https://pribot.org/polisis

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   • allo (allo)'s status on Saturday, 17-Mar-2018 17:02:10 UTC allo

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     @mcscx Have a look at https://ffprofile.com to generate a config with safer defaults.
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   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx)'s status on Saturday, 17-Mar-2018 19:49:03 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     • allo
     @allo  that's very useful, thanks! #Firefox #Profilemaker
   • Herr Gnatz (herrgnatz)'s status on Sunday, 18-Mar-2018 09:43:32 UTC Herr Gnatz

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     • allo
     @allo @mcscx Maybe this could be of interest, too:
     https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/1.1-Overview
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