Mozilla or adjust did not respond to inquiries according to Welchering. The German newspaper article reveals that Firefox Focus collects browsing information, for instance server connections, and that data is sent to the third-party adjust, and not Mozilla. Journalist Peter Welchering and Manfred Kloiber, and Comidio director Herrman Sauer decided to investigate the telemetry tracking of Firefox Focus (known as Firefox Klar in Germany).Īccording to the report, telemetry is not limited to what is listed above. Additionally, the data will reveal features of the application that have been used.Īdjust GMBH is a big data specialist known for tracking and analytics services. The summaries include information on "whether the app has been in active use recently and when".
Data is sent to the adjust backend, not to Mozilla.
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Mozilla uses a third-party software development kit by German company adjust GMBH that it built into Firefox Focus that is connected to a data collecting Internet service backend run by adjust GMBH.Mozilla's Support website reveals information on the anonymous usage data collecting of Firefox and Firefox Focus on mobile devices.