Description of problem: The "Firefox Startpage" by default contains a section "Recommended by Pocket". In this section external content is loaded from Pocket. This section shall be OFF by default, as is leak personal identifiable data to Pocket/Mozilla without prior explicit consent. Thus this setting does not comply to GDPR. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Start Firefox with default setting. What I'd expect: Since Mozilla most probably will not fix this issue any time soon, Mageia should difable this section my default. This can be done by setting as default: "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories = false"
Created attachment 11898 [details] startpage show the compromising section
Hi, thanks reporting this. This should really reported upstream and link provided here. We are really concerned by GDPR / Privacy use with Mageia operating system. Assigning to recent commiters on Firefox to look at this. Packager: Please set the status to 'assigned' if you are working on it. Meanwhile, there is a UI toggle in Preferences -> Welcome pane.
CC: (none) => ouaurelienKeywords: (none) => Triaged
Assignee: bugsquad => nicolas.salguero
If this really is against GDPR, Mozilla should be interested to fix this. @Hartmut, please search for / file upstream bug.
CC: (none) => fri
This clearly is against GDPR, which requires explicit consent *prior* to transmitting personal identifiable data. Se criteria listed at https://gdpr.eu/article-6-how-to-process-personal-data-legally/.
Assignee: nicolas.salguero => pkg-bugs
Blocks: (none) => 28788
Summary: [privacy, compliance] External content loaded by default on startpage => Firefox: [privacy, compliance] External content loaded by default on startpage
Mageia 7 is EOL since July 1st 2021. There will not have any further bugfix for this release. You are encouraged to upgrade to Mageia 8 as soon as possible. @reporter, if this bug still apply with Mageia 8, please let us know it. @packager, if you work on the Mageia 7 version of your package, please check the Mageia 8 package if issue is also present. In this case, please fix the Mageia 8 version instead. This bug report will be closed OLD if there is no further notice within 1st September 2021.
This very issue ("top-sites by pocket") is gone.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => OLD
(In reply to Hartmut Goebel from comment #6) > This very issue ("top-sites by pocket") is gone. Sorry, I was wrong; This is *not* solved in Mageia 8, see attached new screenshot.
Resolution: OLD => (none)Version: 7 => 8Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Created attachment 12857 [details] screenshot from Mageia 8
Proposed solution: Change default setting of "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories = false"