Firefox 155's AI kill switch works, but telemetry keeps flowing anyway
speckx · hn · 2026-09-03
A hands-on post examines Firefox 155's new switch to turn off AI features: the UI-level AI integration can indeed be disabled, but Mozilla's telemetry continues regardless. The author argues users get control over AI features without equivalent opt-out for data collection, questioning whether "off but not really off" is honest for privacy-conscious users.
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