{"id":2335,"date":"2011-02-23T17:52:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T01:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2011-02-23T17:52:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T01:52:21","slug":"correction-regarding-opting-out-of-add-on-metadata-pings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/02\/23\/correction-regarding-opting-out-of-add-on-metadata-pings\/","title":{"rendered":"Correction regarding opting out of add-on metadata pings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago we <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2011\/02\/10\/add-on-metadata-start-up-time\/\">posted<\/a> about add-on metadata pings in Firefox 4 and included information on how to opt out of them. Shortly afterwards, a bug was discovered that caused the opt out process to not work properly.<\/p>\n<p>After finding this bug, we did a <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Extension_Manager:Update_Checking\">thorough review<\/a> of all add-on ping interactions and began working on a simplified process for opting out of metadata that isn&#8217;t tied to automatic update installation. We expect <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=635115\">this bug<\/a> will be fixed for Firefox 4&#8217;s final release and will post again here with updated opt-out instructions then.<\/p>\n<p>We apologize for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago we posted about add-on metadata pings in Firefox 4 and included information on how to opt out of them. 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