How do I disable collection of anonymous usage metrics?
If you don’t wish to participate in Flock’s anonymous collection of metrics, you can opt out during the installation process on Windows. You can also disable metrics reporting in Flock at any time by completing the steps below. (To read Flock’s privacy policy, click here.) Warning: the Flock configuration window contains numerous settings which, if incorrectly changed, may render Flock inoperable. Please follow these instructions exactly as indicated to avoid this risk. • In your browser’s urlbar, type “about:config” and press return. • In the “Filter” textfield, type “flock.metrics.enabled” • If no results appear in the result pane below: • Context-click (right-click) to produce a context menu • Select “New” and then “Boolean” from the resulting menu. • When prompted, provide “flock.metrics.enabled” as the preference name • Select “false” for the preference value. • Restart Flock.
If you don’t wish to participate in Flock’s anonymous collection of metrics, you can opt out during the installation process on Windows. You can also disable metrics reporting in Flock at any time by completing the steps below. (To read Flock’s privacy policy, click here.) Warning: the Flock configuration window contains numerous settings which, if incorrectly changed, may render Flock inoperable. Please follow these instructions exactly as indicated to avoid this risk. • In your browser’s urlbar, type “about:config” and press return. • In the “Filter” textfield, type “flock.metrics.enabled” • If no results appear in the result pane below: • Context-click (right-click) to produce a context menu • Select “New” and then “Boolean” from the resulting menu. • When prompted, provide “flock.metrics.enabled” as the preference name • Select “false” for the preference value. • Restart Flock. • If a value does appear in the result pane below, verify that it is set to “false” or context-click (rig
Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:12:08 -0700 If you don’t wish to participate in Flock’s anonymous collection of metrics, you can opt out during the installation process on Windows. You can also disable metrics reporting in Flock at any time by completing the steps below. (To read Flock’s privacy policy, click here.) Warning: the Flock configuration window contains numerous settings which, if incorrectly changed, may render Flock inoperable. Please follow these instructions exactly as indicated to avoid this risk. • In your browser’s urlbar, type “about:config” and press return. • In the “Filter” textfield, type “flock.metrics.enabled” • If no results appear in the result pane below: • Context-click (right-click) to produce a context menu • Select “New” and then “Boolean” from the resulting menu. • When prompted, provide “flock.metrics.enabled” as the preference name • Select “false” for the preference value. • Restart Flock. • If a value does appear in the result pane below, verify that it is set t
