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Is Mozilla Firefox Collecting Your Data Without Your Consent?
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A geolocation service packaged with Firefox web-browser is running in the background even while the latter is closed.
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We’ve still not fully recovered from the news about the scandalous browser add-on which meant to protect users privacy but instead **[sells their information to third-party companies][1]**, and already we are perhaps in front of another, much bigger in scale, new outrage.
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**MLS** is Mozilla Location Service which lets devices determine their location based on network infrastructure like WiFi access points, cell towers and Bluetooth beacons.
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Pretty much, it is Mozilla’s equivalent to Google Location Service which is the service used when you turn on your GPS on Android devices and opt for ‘High accuracy’ mode.
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Those of you who ever experienced GPS issues will probably know to appreciate how accurate this mode actually is.
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But besides being able to accurately pinpoint your location, another side of it is that the service, through the use of WiFi networks, is able to collect personally identifiable information of both the **users who knowingly contribute to the database** and the **owners of the WiFi devices being scanned**.
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That being said, Mozilla also mentions you can opt out from the service, but can you really?
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### When The Background Becomes Your Privacy Foreground
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Being a [crowdsource][2] project, in order to maintain and grow MLS, Mozilla is in fact dependent of users contributions, thus they’ve developed a number of ways through which users can participate.
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One of these ways, meant to be used by end users is a Android app called Stumbler:
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> “Mozilla Stumbler is an open-source wireless network scanner which collects GPS, cellular and wireless network metadata for our crowd-sourced location database.”[1]
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Yet Stumbler is not only a standalone app but also a service used by Firefox for Android “to contribute data and enhance” MLS.
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The problem with that service lies in the fact it runs in the background without most users are aware of it and **even though you may disable it**.
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According to Mozilla[1], to enable the service you need to open the Settings menu (in Firefox for Android) -> Open the Privacy section -> scroll to the bottom to see the Data Choices, and finally, Check the Mozilla Location Service box.
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Mozilla Location Services is unchecked yet Stumbler is on
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In reality, you’ll find that the Stumbler service is **actively running on your device in the background**, meaning it’s practically invisible because it has no interface, even though the MLS box is unchecked and furthermore, even if all the Data Choices check boxes are unchecked and Firefox browser itself is closed.
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Apparently, the only way to stop stumbler is by ending it directly, however to do so, you’ll first need a way to detect it’s running and ultimately, that’s just a temporary solution that only lasts until the device’s next reboot.
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### How To Stay Safer?
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In order to exempt yourself from MLS data collection, there are still a few methods you may practice, in the hope those wouldn’t be disregarded by Mozilla just like the MLS check box in Firefox for Android.
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Make your wireless network hidden or add the string “_nomap” to the end of its name, e.g “myWirelessNetwork” becomes “myWirelessNetwork_nomap”. This should signal Mozilla’s applications that you do not wish to participate in their data collection.
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As for the Stumbler service on Android, due to being a service (as opposed to a process), you’ll probably won’t be able to see it in the list of running processes / recent apps. Thus, either use a dedicated app to close it or enable “Developer Options” and go to “Running services” -> tap on Firefox and finally, stop “stumbler”.
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via: https://iwf1.com/is-mozilla-firefox-collecting-your-data-without-your-consent/
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作者：[Liron][a]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]:https://iwf1.com/is-mozilla-firefox-collecting-your-data-without-your-consent/
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[1]:https://iwf1.com/shock-this-popular-browser-add-on-sells-your-browsing-history/
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[2]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing
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[3]:http://iwf1.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mozilla-Location-Services-is-unchecked-yet-Stumler-is-on.jpg
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# 火狐是否在未经授权的情况下搜集您的数据？
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使用Firefox Web浏览器打包的地理位置服务即使其被关闭也会在后台运行。
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我们还没有从关于浏览器插件丑闻的新闻中恢复过来。插件原本目的是保卫隐私，**但现在却把信息卖给了第三方公司**。然而更令人愤怒的是其规模完全超出我们的预期。
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**MLS**是Mozilla位置服务，其架构类似于WIFI接入点、无线电基站和蓝牙信标，可以让让设备通过网络确定其位置。
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MLS非常像是Google位置服务，后者是需要在Android设备上打开GPS并选择“高精度”模式时使用的服务。
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那些曾经经历过GPS问题的人可能会知道这个模式是多么精确。
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MLS服务除了能够准确地确定您的位置以外，通过使用WiFi网络的服务能够收集两种个人身份信息，包括
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**对数据库做出贡献的用户**和**被扫描的WiFi设备的所有者**。
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话虽这么说，Mozilla也提到说你可以选择退出服务，但你真的可以退出吗？
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### 当后台变成你隐私的展台
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作为一个众包项目，为了维护和发展MLS，Mozilla事实上非常依赖于用户的贡献，因此他们开发了多种方法以便用户参与进来。
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其中之一，就是被终端用户使用的一款名为Stumbler的Android应用程序：
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> Mozilla Stumbler是一个开源的无线网络扫描器，它为我们的crowd-sourced位置数据库收集GPS，蜂窝和无线网络元数据。[1]
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这样以来，Stumbler不仅仅是一个独立的应用程序，同时也是Firefox 在Android设备上提供的一种为MLS“贡献数据和增强功能”的服务。
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该服务的问题在于它在后台运行，而大多数用户都不知道它，**即使您可能已经禁用它**。
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根据Mozilla提供的信息 [1]，要启用该服务，您需要打开设置菜单（在Firefox for Android版本中） - >打开隐私部分 - >滚动到底部以查看数据选择，最后，勾选Mozilla位置服务框。
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Mozilla定位服务尚未勾选，但Stumbler已开启
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实际上，你会发现Stumbler服务**正在你的设备后台运行**，这意味着它几乎不可见，因为它没有接口，即使MLS框未被选中，即使所有的数据选择复选框都未选中，甚至Firefox浏览器本身已被关闭。
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显然，停止stumbler的唯一方法是直接结束它。然而，这样做你首先需要一种方法来检测它的运行和结束，最终，这只是一个设备重启前的临时解决方案。
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### 如何保证安全
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为了避免MLS收集您的数据，仍然有一些方法值得您尝试一下，希望这些方法不会像在Firefox for Android中的MLS复选框一样被Mozilla忽视。
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您可以将您的无线网络SSID隐藏或者在SSID结尾添加“_nomap”,例如将您的SSID从“myWirelessNetwork”更名为“myWirelessNetwork_nomap”。这在向Mozilla的应用程序暗示，您不希望参与他们的数据收集活动。
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对于Android上的Stumbler服务，由于是一个服务（而不是进程），您可能无法在运行的进程/最近的应用程序列表中看到它。 因此，使用专用应用程序关闭它或启用“开发人员选项”，并转到“运行服务” - >点击Firefox，最后，停止“stumbler”。
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via: https://iwf1.com/is-mozilla-firefox-collecting-your-data-without-your-consent/
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作者：[Liron][a]
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译者：[flankershen](https://github.com/flankershen)
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校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]:https://iwf1.com/is-mozilla-firefox-collecting-your-data-without-your-consent/
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[1]:https://iwf1.com/shock-this-popular-browser-add-on-sells-your-browsing-history/
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[2]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing
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[3]:http://iwf1.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mozilla-Location-Services-is-unchecked-yet-Stumler-is-on.jpg
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