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Firefox users, add these entries to /etc/hosts stop stop the Mozilla Telemetry correctly

0.0.0.0 accounts.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 activations.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 activations.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 activity-stream-icons.services.mozilla.com

#0.0.0.0 addons.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 analytics.google.com

0.0.0.0 api.accounts.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 api.getpocket.com

0.0.0.0 auth.mozilla.auth0.com

0.0.0.0 auth.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 autoconfig-live.mozillamessaging.com

0.0.0.0 autoconfig.thunderbird.net

0.0.0.0 autopush.prod.mozaws.net

0.0.0.0 balrog-admin.dev.mozaws.net

0.0.0.0 balrog-admin.stage.mozaws.net

0.0.0.0 balrog-aus5.r53-2.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 balrog-aus5.r53-2.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 blocked.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 blocklist.addons.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 blocklists.settings.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 bouncer-bouncer-elb.prod.mozaws.net

0.0.0.0 broker-live.mozillamessaging.com

0.0.0.0 cdnjs.cloudflare.com

0.0.0.0 ciscobinary.openh264.org

0.0.0.0 code.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 content-signature-2.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 content-signature.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 crash-stats.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 crash-stats.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 data.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 de.malware-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 de.phish-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 de.phish-report.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 detectportal.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 discovery.addons.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 dnt.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 download.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 download.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 dxr.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 en.malware-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 en.phish-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 en.phish-report.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 en-us.malware-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 en-us.phish-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 en-us.phish-report.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 f5f7ln7s.gvtl.com

0.0.0.0 fhr.data.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 firefox.com

0.0.0.0 firefoxflicks.com

0.0.0.0 firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 ftp.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 getpocket.com

0.0.0.0 google-analytics.com

0.0.0.0 googletagmanager.com

0.0.0.0 googletagservices.com

0.0.0.0 gvtl.com

0.0.0.0 hello.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 herokuapp.com

0.0.0.0 heroku.com

0.0.0.0 img-getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 input.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 live.mozillamessaging.com

0.0.0.0 live.thunderbird.net

0.0.0.0 location.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 malware-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 mana.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 mdn.mozillademos.org

0.0.0.0 monitor.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 mozaws.net

0.0.0.0 mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 mozilla.dorando.at

0.0.0.0 mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 mozsocial.cliqz.com

0.0.0.0 nightly.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 normandy-cloudfront.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 oauth.accounts.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 olympia.prod.mozaws.net

0.0.0.0 phish-error.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 phish-report.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 planet.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 profile.accounts.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 push.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 qsurvey.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 r4---sn-f5f7ln7s.gvtl.com

0.0.0.0 redirector.gvtl.com

0.0.0.0 reps.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 safebrowsing-cache.google.com

0.0.0.0 safebrowsing.google.com

0.0.0.0 sb-ssl.google.com

0.0.0.0 search.r53-2.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 search.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 self-repair.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 services.addons.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 setup.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 shavar.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 snippets.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 snippets.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 ssl.google-analytics.com

0.0.0.0 static.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 support.live.mozillamessaging.com

0.0.0.0 support.mozillamessaging.com

0.0.0.0 symbols.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 telemetry.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 testpilot.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 token.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 tracking-protection.cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 tracking-protection-issues.herokuapp.com

0.0.0.0 tracking.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 versioncheck.addons.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 versioncheck-bg.addons.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 videos-cdn.mozilla.net

0.0.0.0 videos.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 webextensions.settings.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 www.firefox.com

0.0.0.0 www.google-analytics.com

0.0.0.0 www.googletagmanager.com

0.0.0.0 www.googletagservices.com

0.0.0.0 www.heroku.com

0.0.0.0 www.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 www.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 updates.push.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 aus5.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 docs.telemetry.mozilla.org

0.0.0.0 location.services.mozilla.com

0.0.0.0 location.services.mozilla.com

Are Firefox settings not enough to disable telemetry by themselves?

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Exactly!

You can disable telemetry but it constantly phones home to mozilla anyway

Yes, probably so that Firefox can force-update whenever another zero-day is discovered. They've done it to me a few times, but I don't mind.