Monitoring the #transmitter #telemetry, dynamic #RDS and the audio on a car radio from #MidSuffolk (it is good, no overdeviation and the endstage is staying at a constant temperature of around 35 degrees Celsius)

@scottwilson @mozillaofficial Peeps are ofc entitled to be protective of "their" #Firefox, given the passion which many of us rightfully feel about #FOSS. #Mozilla have demonstrably been disappointing many of its ardent userbase for many years, & this recent imbroglio obvs has not helped re reputational damage. All that said though, the last month'ish of global hysteria & anger has been ridiculous. The amount of conspiracy-theory'ing has been astonishing, & commonly based on nothing but #FUD. So many peeps decided that Mozilla already are evil & so choose to wilfully misinterpret every subsequent misstep as something more than it is, then refuse point blank to accept the explanations.

Meanwhile, those of us unswayed by FUD, & not interested in cutting off our nose to spite our face, simply calmly evaluate the explanations, cautiously accept them, but take the simple precautionary step as well of disabling #AI, disabling #telemetry, then continuing on with our day.

@mauro Oh dear oh dear. So they stuffed up recent comms; that's all that happened -- nothing actually changed adversely in the browser itself. It's been clarified already, & furthermore disabling #telemetry & #ai is elementary, both directly in the UI, & also in about:config, after doing which, even for the most Qanony conspiracist, what actually is the terrifying danger? Furthermore, Thunderbird is not even part of Mozilla anymore, & were entirely unaffected by any of this storm in a teacup. It's hilarious to observe humans behaving like stampeding cattle.

@neilmadden : after updating I checked all settings. Nothing was added, AFAIK (I've optimised the config of my iPhone for privacy & security).

Obviously settings for iDevices in the EU may differ from non-EU because of GDPR.

What makes you think that Apple Intelligence was re-enabled, so that I can make sure that I've not overlooked something?

@mvrenselaar

This is the accompanying video regarding the subject

https://youtu.be/Qx0IQqhO6hY

@fnwbr And yet, here i be, revelling in the delightful UX that is my , with all the #telemetry disabled, the #AI disabled, numerous other parameters hardened via my #userJS, with the exquisite #Sidebery & its infinitely-nestable tree-tabs & multiple #Workspaces on its LHS, & the brilliant project #FirefoxSecondSidebar with my 21 #WebPanels on its RHS. It's such a great daily browsing UX, unfazed by the last ten days of global #FUD [all the so-called nasties can be disabled, either via simple clicks in the Settings UI, or otherwise via about:config / user.js]. Herd-mentality is a ridiculous trait of humans.

#FirefoxNightly + #Mv2 #uBO + #Sidebery + #FirefoxSecondSidebar = THE best browsing & sophisticated tab management + Web Panel UX i've ever had, easily eclipsing Vivaldi, #Floorp, #ZenBrowser, Waterfox, LibreWolf... ergo =

#FirefoxNightly + #NativeVerticalTabs + #uBlockOrigin + #FirefoxSecondSidebar = Very usable already as of Feb 2025, albeit less powerful than Sidebery, ergo =

@thelinuxexperiment
10:10 - What? #gnome has #telemetry program? Didn't @thelinuxEXP meant the #fedora telemetry program, or there is exists something im not aware of? Anyway, it would be cool to know what these #gnome_extension are...

As a side note, do I would love to #blur_my_shell, but it visibely reduces smoothness of my desktop (240Hz refresh rate), is it fault of my configuration, or common thing with the extension? I got addicted to high refresh rate and cant now go any lower ;-;

Nonetheless, I configured everything and even sent the first signals in test mode. Now I need to decide where to add the signals… I also want to add a brief privacy policy and opt-out option. That sounds easier.
#BuildInPublic #IndieDev #iOSDev #Telemetry

"The best way to ensure that would be through a comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation with strong data minimization rules and requirements for clear, opt-in consent. "