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The data that is sent doesn't contain any relatable information, but you still have to connect to the Mozilla server to deliver it which in turn could be associated with the content you sent.

Mozilla unlikely does that right now, but they have to advertise truthfully nonetheless. Even if the reason is merely that people won't turn on that feature otherwise, there is no need for us to tolerate such hypocrisy.

Why not do privacy properly? Then the first comment in any conversation won't be well, there is that in-house telemetry.



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