Nope, telemetry doesn't count. Do you know why? Because the browser informed you that they were collecting telemetry with a small bottom message, giving you the option to turn it off if you wanted.
In other words, they asked you for your consent.
Now, please answer the question.
What do you think of Mozilla activating a feature that phones home without telling you first?
Your browser already submits information about you by virtue of existing.
I already addressed this, for I wrote: "I decide when my browser sends anything to the Internet about me." If I visit a webpage, I know the browser is sending a request. What I wasn't expecting was the actual browser collecting data on its own and sending it to some third-party.
What this does is put the mechanisms to ring fence that in place. The same way that the Enhanced Tracking Protection does.
Not the point and we've already gone through this.
Regarding the opt-in versus opt-out stuff. That’s a dead fish. People go with what the default is. By default ETP is on. By default, autoplay is off. By default, HTTPS only mode is always on.
None of that is sending data about my browsing habits to some third-party. Maybe HTTPS, but even you can tell you're using HTTPS because of an icon next to the URL in the address bar. Where is my "icon" for the ad-anonymization thingie? That's my point.
Firefox creates a report based on what the website asks, but does not give the result to the website. Instead, Firefox encrypts the report and anonymously submits it using the Distributed Aggregation Protocol (DAP) to an “aggregation service”.
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Firefox encrypts the report and anonymously submits it using the Distributed Aggregation Protocol (DAP) to an “aggregation service”.
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anonymously submits it
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submits it
This is after an update, and it's opt-out, that is, enabled by default. And not a single notification about it. If I don't check my settings, or read about it, I would have never found out about this.
WHY IS MY BROWSER SUBMITTING ANYTHING WITHOUT ASKING ME FIRST?!
Plus it's described as an experiment. And I've already told Mozilla to NEVER include me in any of its "experiments," after the whole Mr. Robot fiasco. If this is labeled as an experiment, why is Mozilla not respecting my decision?
That's the issue I have with it. It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter if it's "for my own good." I am supposed to be in control of my browser. I decide when my browser sends anything to the Internet about me, even if it's anonymized.
I would expect this from Chrome, and that's why I don't use it; not Firefox.
You're still missing the point. I know what the tech does. But it's opt-out without user consent, not opt-in. And there is some phoning home for it to work, isn't there?
This is Mozilla pulling your pants down while you sleep, grabbing your balls to put the cup, pulling the pants back up, then carrying on as if nothing happened.
That was your original question, and I answered it.
You added more context and I don't see how that's different.
using words a computer wrote with humans only being superficially involved.
Bro, you're dismissing the tons of people who created the technology lol! The chipmakers, the computer makers, the software makers - all human, so...
But let's entertain your argument. You're saying that the artificial entity was created by something not human. Let's expand my list of examples, then:
How does KDE do it with Konqueror?