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Index: Firefox

A series documenting my patches to Mozilla Firefox as a Privacy Engineering intern.

This series covers my contributions to Firefoxโ€™s privacy and security features. Each post documents a specific patch: the problem, implementation, and what I learned.


Why Firefox?

Firefoxโ€™s codebase is massive (~20 million lines), but itโ€™s also one of the most well-documented open source projects. Contributing here taught me:

  • How to navigate a decades-old codebase
  • Mozillaโ€™s code review culture (rigorous but supportive)
  • The intersection of privacy engineering and user experience
  • How telemetry informs product decisions without compromising privacy

Articles

  1. Notification Permission Telemetry
  2. Telemetry Revocation Events
  3. SmartBlock Link Preservation
  4. Clear Data Dialog Cleanup
  5. Privacy Metrics: Design & Data Foundation
  6. Privacy Metrics: Implementation
  7. Privacy Metrics: UI & Testing