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"it sends your very complete fingerprint to google on its very first launch"

sorry could you explain in more detail please ?



you install firefox and launch it for the first time. immediately, a page with google analytics opens up and google gets to fingerprint your browser and hardware before you've had a chance to implement any privacy measures.

I find it rather unlikely that mozilla needs GA on that page, considering that firefox is sending tons of telemetry to their own servers.




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