Submission + - Ubuntu's new Firefox is watching you (launchpad.net) 3
sukotto writes: Ubuntu recently released an unannounced and experimental "multisearch" extension to Firefox alpha3... apparently to improve the default behavior of new tabs and of search. In a response to one of the initial bug reports the maintainers mentioned that the extension's other purpose was for "collecting the usage data" and "Generating revenue" [citation] . Since this extension installs by itself and offers no warning about potential privacy violations, quite a few people (myself included) feel pretty unhappy.
There is no way to opt-out other than manually disabling the extension via Tools >> Add-ons.
There is no way to opt-out other than manually disabling the extension via Tools >> Add-ons.
