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[Nikita Yerenkov-Scott <1489476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  It would be nice if like in the Windows and Mac version in Firefox, for
- the Linux version of Firefox to also have the ability for you to select
- that you don't want to send the Firefox health report to Mozilla, but
- you still want to have it generated for you to see.
+ the Linux version of Firefox to also have the option in the normal
+ about:preferences to turn off data sharing of the Firefox Health Report,
+ as you can do this in about:healthreport, but it is not very obvious
+ there so it would be nice if there was an option here too:
+ about:preferences#advanced
+ 
+ Another thing on this matter is that when you disable data sharing in
+ about:healthreport, the tick box in about:preferences#advanced becomes
+ unticked, but as the tick box is meant to enable and disable both data
+ sharing and the actual generation of the report, it is misleading to
+ have it unticked, instead there should be a separate tick box there for
+ this option. It also means that one can think that their report
+ generation is not on, but in fact the data sharing has just been
+ disabled there. This also means that when one disables data sharing
+ there, they have no way to disable the entire report generation thing
+ because the box in the normal area become unticked.

** Summary changed:

- Feature request - To have an option not to share Firefox health report with Mozilla (but still generate it for the user to see)
+ Firefox should have separate tick box for disabling of data sharing of the Firefox Health Report in the normal preferences area

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Title:
  Firefox should have separate tick box for disabling of data sharing of
  the Firefox Health Report in the normal preferences area

Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  It would be nice if like in the Windows and Mac version in Firefox,
  for the Linux version of Firefox to also have the option in the normal
  about:preferences to turn off data sharing of the Firefox Health
  Report, as you can do this in about:healthreport, but it is not very
  obvious there so it would be nice if there was an option here too:
  about:preferences#advanced

  Another thing on this matter is that when you disable data sharing in
  about:healthreport, the tick box in about:preferences#advanced becomes
  unticked, but as the tick box is meant to enable and disable both data
  sharing and the actual generation of the report, it is misleading to
  have it unticked, instead there should be a separate tick box there
  for this option. It also means that one can think that their report
  generation is not on, but in fact the data sharing has just been
  disabled there. This also means that when one disables data sharing
  there, they have no way to disable the entire report generation thing
  because the box in the normal area become unticked.

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