haiku-balls / firefox-ios-noTelemetry

💀 A project to remove all telemetry from Firefox iOS

Firefox iOS without Telemetry!*

Getting involved

If you remove more telemetry that I missed, or want to suggest something to be changed make a PR or issue! Make sure to check the to-do below if you want to take up a task yourself.

Features

• Mozilla's "TelemetryWrapper" and all related calls removed.
• Tracking Protection forced to "strict", however options insist on "Standard" (#1)
• Studies and SendUsage flags forced disabled.
• Pocket and sponsored tiles/pocket disabled.

Todo

• Remove the pinned Google tile.
• Remove the "Glean" telemetry service. (Might be too integrated; might not even phone home...?)

Building the code

1. Install the latest Xcode developer tools from Apple.
2. Install, Brew, Node, and a Python3 virtualenv for localization scripts:

   brew update
   brew install node
   pip3 install virtualenv

3. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/haiku-balls/firefox-ios-noTelemetry/

4. Install Node.js dependencies, build user scripts and update content blocker:

   cd firefox-ios
   sh ./bootstrap.sh

5. Open Client.xcodeproj in Xcode.
6. Make sure to select the Fennec scheme in Xcode.
7. Select the destination device you want to build on.
8. Run the app with Cmd + R or by pressing the build and run button.

⚠️ Important: In case you have dependencies issues with SPM, please try the following:

• Xcode -> File -> Packages -> Reset Package Caches

License

This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/