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  • Mozilla installs Scheduled Telemetry Task on Windows with Firefox

    From August Abolins@2:221/360 to All on Sunday, April 26, 2020 20:49:36
    I just learned of this:

    https://www.ghacks.net/2020/04/09/mozilla-installs-scheduled-telemetry-task-on-windows-with-firefox-75/

    https://tinyurl.com/u2by9kl

    "According to Mozilla, the task has been created to help the organization "understand changes in default browser settings". At its core, it is a Telemetry task that collects information and sends the data to Mozilla.

    The data is sent to Mozilla every 24 hours using the scheduled task."

    --- Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228)
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