Can someone explain why Firefox's built-in search bar sends data to bam.nr-data.net?
I created a new tab, threw something into the search box and, because of a slight lag on my network, I noticed that the system was waiting on a response from bam.nr-data.net.
I run Firefox on linux and when I installed, there certainly wasn't anything about "Firefox might send your search queries to someone else".
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Re: newrelic (Linux)
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: newrelic (Linux)
Which search engine is selected when you get that?scouser27 wrote:Can someone explain why Firefox's built-in search bar sends data to bam.nr-data.net?
Have you tried any other search engines?
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Re: newrelic (Linux)
@therube - New Relic didn't mean anything to me until I googled it: data analytics. Whatever about google aggregating my search queries, I don't want every possible data analytics company receiving my searches. I'd love to know how the data is getting to them as I have a GDPR-related question for them.
As to your question about safe mode - I can't tell. I mentioned in my original post that it was only visible to me when the network got a bit laggy.
@the-edmeister: Google is my default search engine. I've also used DuckDuckGo, but again, can't tell unless the network becomes slow.
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As to your question about safe mode - I can't tell. I mentioned in my original post that it was only visible to me when the network got a bit laggy.
@the-edmeister: Google is my default search engine. I've also used DuckDuckGo, but again, can't tell unless the network becomes slow.
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Re: newrelic (Linux)
Would Browser Console show it?it was only visible to me when the network got a bit laggy
Could be coming from an extension you're using, that you "agreed" to when you installed it :evilgrin: ?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript