On Thursday, 20 February 2020 08:12:32 UTC, [email protected] wrote: > On startup Firefox opens a websocket to push.services.mozilla.com and obtains > a uaid value as part of the initial exchange. Here's an example message sent > by push.services.mozilla.com over the websocket: > > {"messageType":"hello","uaid":"332024d750734458bc95724...","status":200,"use_webpush":true,"broadcasts":{}} > > > The uaid value remains constant across browser restarts, so it is a > persistent identifier of the browser instance. > > I understand why this might be needed to support push notifications. > However, this websocket (and its uaid identifier) are created even on a fresh > install of Firefox where no push notifications are registered nor ever have > been. > > On the face of it that seems less than ideal. Wouldn't it be better if > creation of this websocket were delayed until one or more push notifications > have been registered. What do other people think about proposing this change > to the Firefox folks ?
Thanks David. I've had a bash at posting on bugzilla (I've avoided posting to the dev list as it specifically says feature requests, which I think these are, are out of scope and I don't want to spam them). _______________________________________________ dev-privacy mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-privacy
