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I can't help but consider the tinfoil hat aspects of this matter. I would like to learn more about the sequence of events that lead to this snafu. Would an actor know that by making "an error" at a given point in time, there would be a deterministic window of time in the future where Firefox users worldwide would be affected by the consequences.

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As much as I love my tinfoil hat, I can't see any upside for mozilla in this? If it's to get people to opt in to "studies", they already have most people sending them telemetry, apparently, so this would just be to get stragglers? Seems like a really expensive way to do it.

You need to adjust the angle of your tinfoil hat. Oriented properly, you can find other candidates for "actor" besides "Mozilla".

If you have the right hat, with the right amount of tin, you can even start playing with words that rhyme with fuselage. A good exercise, especially if you like practicing corporate fiction.

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