On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 09:01:15PM +0200, Nikos Roussos wrote:
> The fact that the package is calling home (whether or not the
location
> of the IP is checked), is a form of tracking. Particularly since firefox
> updates are being handled by Fedora and there is no need for our version
> to be calling home to check for updates.
*If* it calls home. If this is a predefined list bundled with firefox
there is no reason to call home.
The currently available bits of information suggest otherwise:
What information will Mozilla provide sponsored content partners
from
the Directory Tiles?
Mozilla is putting together just the basic metrics that marketers or
content publishers might need to understand the value they are
receiving. As of now, our expectation is that we’ll be delivering the
number of impressions (how many times a tile was shown) and
interactions (how many interactions with a tile, i.e. clicks).
taken from:
https://blog.mozilla.org/advancingcontent/2014/02/13/more-details-on-dire...