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Firefox Suggest (search bar suggestions) is offline by default (proof inside) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1727907

'Offline' is currently the default which is explained in the source code:

"This is the scenario for the "offline" rollout. Firefox Suggest suggestions are enabled by default. Search strings and matching keywords are not included in related telemetry. The onboarding dialog is not shown."

Switching to 'online' would trigger a dialog that comes up when you start the browser. Only clicking 'Allow suggestions' on the dialog would opt you into the search query collection.

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[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago

Can you read the below stuff?

This is the scenario for the “offline” rollout. Firefox Suggest suggestions are enabled by default. Search strings and matching keywords are not included in related telemetry. The onboarding dialog is not shown. online This is the scenario for the “online” rollout. The onboarding dialog will be shown and the user must opt in to enable Firefox Suggest suggestions and related telemetry, which will include search strings and matching keywords.

"offline" - Search strings and matching keywords are not included in related telemetry.

"online" - user must opt in to enable Firefox Suggest suggestions and related telemetry, which will include search strings and matching keywords