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Telemetry to Mozi11a during uninstall #75

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The Dot browser uninstaller on Windows

Describe the bug
Uninstaller sends unwanted telemetry to Mozi11a during the uninstall (doesn't that sound great for a "privacy" browser such as Dot?)

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install mitmproxy to see the requests that the uninstaller makes and follow the instructions here on how to set up mitmproxy.
  2. Have mitmproxy open in a web browser other than Dot
  3. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features
  4. Right click on Dot and click "Uninstall"
  5. Go through the uninstall process
  6. After the uninstall is done you should see a request to https://incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org in the flows

Expected behavior
The uninstaller (or the web browser itself) should not make telemetry requests such as https://incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org or any unwanted requests at all. Just uninstall

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System Information (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Version: 20H2 (OS Build 19042.1081)

Dot Browser Information (please complete the following information):

  • Version: 87.0

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