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0 pointsAjedi328y ago0 comments

Are you sure that's what those config options do? I tried looking them up, but they don't seem to be listed in Mozilla's config documentation: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries

According to the Wiki page I linked in my previous comment, global settings shouldn't even matter in this case; since each SHIELD study must be opted into on an individual basis. (Or at least, that's how it's _supposed_ to work.)

Edit: Looks like the wiki was updated to state that some studies can be opt-out rather than opt-in. This also seems in-line with the documentation for SHIELD, which has a section on opt-out studies: https://normandy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/actions/opt-o...

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acqq8y ago

Your link in edit part is the answer to your question before the edit:

https://normandy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/actions/opt-o...

"opt-out-study: Install a Study Add-on Without Prompting

The opt-out-study action installs an add-on, typically one that implements a feature experiment by changing Firefox and measuring how it affects the user."

They are obviously the topic of:

app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled=true

That I mentioned.

I see a lot of commenters trying to excuse them. The problem is, people allowed the "studies" because Mozilla claimed that they are "measuring" whatever "to make Firefox better." They never told anybody that they are selling the "studies" functionality which silently installs ("opt-out" not opt in!) to the advertisers.

I don't know how anybody can defend such an approach.

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