Firefox 31 privacy issues

If you decide to upgrade to Firefox 31 be aware that it is beset with some huge privacy issues, like this one.

The short summary is that nearly every file you download is sent to Google (and thus the NSA &c.) by Firefox.

If that doesn’t worry you – which it should on principle – then I guess go on right ahead with that. But if it does worry you, instructions on how to turn it off are in the link.