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How do I know that I am not using the Chinese special version of Firefox and that my browser is not affilited with any Chinese company in any way?

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I have been using the Chinese special version of Firefox for a long time until I realized it this afternoon. and Yes, I'm chinese. I Highly suspects that the company who is operating the Chinese firefox browser is sharing my personal data with the chinese government. I'm deeply concerned about this. I tried to downlaod a new install package from mozilla.org. Tried to install the browser in some sort of overwrite way. However, I noticed that some Chinese specific features were still on my browser.eg:Pages on mobile device. I will be trying to uinstall the entire application and using the package downloaded from mozilla.org to try a new clean install.How do I know that I am not using the Chinese special version of Firefox and that my browser is not affilited with any Chinese company in any way? Thanks.

I have been using the Chinese special version of Firefox for a long time until I realized it this afternoon. and Yes, I'm chinese. I Highly suspects that the company who is operating the Chinese firefox browser is sharing my personal data with the chinese government. I'm deeply concerned about this. I tried to downlaod a new install package from mozilla.org. Tried to install the browser in some sort of overwrite way. However, I noticed that some Chinese specific features were still on my browser.eg:Pages on mobile device. I will be trying to uinstall the entire application and using the package downloaded from mozilla.org to try a new clean install.How do I know that I am not using the Chinese special version of Firefox and that my browser is not affilited with any Chinese company in any way? Thanks.

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cor-el
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It is possible that the Chinese version uses a distinct update channel and not the standard 'release' update channel. You should be able to see the current update channel in "Help -> About Firefox" and on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page.

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cor-el said
It is possible that the Chinese version uses a distinct update channel and not the standard 'release' update channel. You should be able to see the current update channel in "Help -> About Firefox" and on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page.

Well, it reads "release" so I guess it's the normal legit version then?

cor-el
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Yes, if you are on the official release update channel then you should have the legit Firefox version from the Mozilla server. If you need more assurance then you can install Firefox from the Mozilla server.