Mozilla account privacy
Hello, I always use Firefox logged into my Mozilla account.
Yesterday I went to a (legitimate) site, that I had never visited before and only read one page. I didn't click on anything on that site/page, I only read that one page and left the site. Not long afterwards, I received a promotional email from that site stating "Thanks for stopping by!".
My question is: how did they know my email (the email used by my Mozilla account)? I have never received emails from that site, and as I said, I never visited it until then.
Does Firefox expose the Mozilla account email when visiting sites? This is pretty troubling. I would appreciate any input you have. Thanks
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Hi
What is the address of the website?
Is your email account (that you received the email to) with Gmail?
Are you using form auto-fill in case you accidentally clicked in a login form?
- Settings -> Privacy & Security
Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": "Remember search and form history" - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/control-whether-firefox-automatically-fills-forms
This is the page I went to, nowhere else on that site: https://audienhearing.com/blogs/home/why-does-pulsatile-tinnitus-come-and-go
There is no text box on that page. I didn't click on anything at all. My email didn't autofill anywhere. The email is @hotmail.com
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This is the page I went to, nowhere else on that site: https://audienhearing.com/blogs/home/why-does-pulsatile-tinnitus-come-and-go
There is no text box on that page. I didn't click on anything at all. My email didn't autofill anywhere. The email is @hotmail.com
This just happened again with Firefox 122.0.1 on Linux. The site is moodfabrics.com, which is a legit site. Just as before, I didn't enter anything anywhere, just browsed the site.
This is a pretty big deal. After years of using only Firefox, I guess it's time for Brave to take its place...
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