![]() October 9, 2021: Known tech blogger Paul Thurrott asks if Mozilla Firefox is getting sketchy.Jefferson Scher posts a clarification on reddit that address bar queries are not sent to Mozilla, with a link to the Firefox source.How-To Geek (incorrectly) reports that Firefox now sends your address bar keystrokes to Mozilla.The change was accompanied by a comment marking the revised update due to a “PR incident”. A revision is posted to Support Mozilla clarifying how to see if users are opted-in to “improved results for Contextual Suggestions”.The Verge posts an article saying that Firefox’s address bar has ads now, but you can disable them.ladyaeva’s post gets shared to Hacker News. ![]() ladyaeva posts on Twitter that “ looks like firefox quietly added ads into the address bar.”.The notes link to a support article to learn more. Firefox Suggest is mentioned in the release notes, as the last “new” item as a “a faster way to navigate the web”. October 5, 2021: Firefox 93 is released.Fast Company posts an article profiling Firefox Suggest: Firefox’s new feature is part of an ambitious plan to change how we search.Mozilla announces Firefox Suggest in a blog post.No mention of Firefox Suggest or the labeling change appear in the release notes. September 7, 2021: Users begin to notice “Firefox Suggest” in their address bar with the release of Firefox 92. ![]()
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