Stefan Mileschin

Leaking more than you think

While most users think that Firefox is less leaky than Chrome, it appears that the Red Panda themed browser sends more data to the big cheeses at the Mozzarella Foundation than most are aware.

To power Firefox Suggest, Firefox sends the keystrokes you type into your address bar, your location information, and more to Mozilla's servers.

This change was made as part of the introduction of Firefox Suggest in Firefox 93, released on October 5, 2021. As part of Firefox Suggest, Firefox is getting ads in your search bar -- but that's not the only thing that will be news to longtime Firefox users.

According to Mozilla, "Firefox Suggest acts as a trustworthy guide to the better web, surfacing relevant information and sites to help people accomplish their goals".

What that means is, when you start typing in your address bar, you won't just see the standard search suggestions from Google or your current search default engine.

You'll also see "Firefox Suggest" results pointing to web pages. Some of them are sponsored ads, but you can disable the ads.

https://fudzilla.com/news/53669-fire...ata-to-mozilla