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* Current date (from client perspective) - only date, not time - e.g. 2012-01-20 | * Current date (from client perspective) - only date, not time - e.g. 2012-01-20 | ||
* Age of profile (Firefox installation) in days - e.g. 500 | * Age of profile (Firefox installation) in days - e.g. 500 | ||
* (Last submitted age is implied - e.g. 498) | * (Last submitted age is implied or explicit - e.g. 498 ) | ||
* Number of crashes - e.g. 15 | * Number of crashes - e.g. 15 | ||
* Number of crashes submitted last time - e.g. 10 | * Number of crashes submitted last time - e.g. 10 | ||
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If the user later that day decided that there were too many crashes and switches to Chrome, he will now be stranded on the row | If the user later that day decided that there were too many crashes and switches to Chrome, he will now be stranded on the row | ||
2012-01-20 | 500 | 15 | 5000 | 2012-01-20 | 500 | 15 | 5000 | ||
and other users who have continued to use FF have been subtracted after a while. So, you can say with certainty that there were 5000 users who used Firefox the last time on 2012-01-20, after having used Firefox for 500 days, and they had 15 crashes (per day/week, whatever you submit) when they stopped using Firefox. | and other users who have continued to use FF have been subtracted after a while. So, you can say with certainty that there were 5000 users who used Firefox the last time on 2012-01-20, after having used Firefox for 500 days, and they had 15 crashes (per day/week/total, whatever you submit) when they stopped using Firefox. | ||
That is exactly the information you are so desperately seeking. Tsere, you has it. Without tracking any individual user: it's completely anonymous. | |||
== Avoiding Fingerprinting == | == Avoiding Fingerprinting == | ||