FFOX-00-000014 Background submission of information to Mozilla must be disabled.
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Maps to CM-7 via CCI-000381
Title
Background submission of information to Mozilla must be disabled.
Control
Type "about:policies" in the browser window. If "DisableTelemetry" is not displayed under Policy Name or the Policy Value is not "true", this is a finding.
Discussion
Firefox by default sends information about Firefox to Mozilla servers. There should be no background submission of technical and other information from DoD computers to Mozilla with portions posted publicly.
Related controls
CCI-000381
Fix
Windows group policy: 1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc". 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox Policy Name: Disable Telemetry Policy State: Enabled macOS "plist" file: Add the following: DisableTelemetry Linux "policies.json" file: Add the following in the policies section: "DisableTelemetry": true