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Could you share a link?


I can share several!

If you're running Firefox, you can go to `about:telemetry` and see what data is there. Note that some of that data might be populated even if you have telemetry turned off. Don't reach for your pitchfork quite yet: I assure you that the data isn't being sent.

You can go to https://telemetry.mozilla.org to see various analyses involving telemetry data.

In the source tree, telemetry probes must be defined in one of a few places. Here are their locations:

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/compone...

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/compone...

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/compone...

https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/compone...


I meant something documenting how telemetry works, though perhaps the source tree is the source for that?

> Don't reach for your pitchfork quite yet

No need to assume people are out of their minds or even critical. I am curious about how it's done on a technical level, with the old local ad system in mind (which I thought was a brilliant solution to Internet commerce and privacy). I've supported and contributed to Mozilla since before Firefox.


Yeah, please don't take the pitchfork thing personally, that was more intended for anybody reading that comment who immediately assumes the worst.

As for high level docs about how it works, I haven't been involved in quite a few years, so I'm not 100% sure about the best source, but this link looks like a good place to start:

https://docs.telemetry.mozilla.org/concepts/history.html




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