[tor-bugs] #18738 [Tor Browser]: Disable Selfsupport and unified Telemtry in ESR 45 (was: Disable self-support in ESR 45)

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#18738: Disable Selfsupport and unified Telemtry in ESR 45
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  gk
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
 Priority:  Medium                               |  assigned
Component:  Tor Browser                          |      Milestone:
 Severity:  Normal                               |        Version:
 Keywords:  ff45-esr, GeorgKoppen201604,         |     Resolution:
  TorBrowserTeam201604R                          |  Actual Points:
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Changes (by gk):

 * keywords:  ff45-esr => ff45-esr, GeorgKoppen201604, TorBrowserTeam201604R
 * status:  new => assigned
 * owner:  tbb-team => gk


Old description:

> Self-support already landed in ESR 38 but was disabled there, I guess due
> to disabling the health report (see:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1111022 for the background).
> This is not the case anymore with an ESR45-based Tor Browser for some
> reason. We should make sure it is disabled there, too.

New description:

 Selfsupport already landed in ESR 38 but was disabled there, I guess due
 to disabling the health report (see:
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1111022 for the background).
 This is not the case anymore with an ESR45-based Tor Browser for some
 reason. We should make sure it is disabled there, too.

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Comment:

 In ESR45 disabling the health report is not enough anymore. At least the
 unified telemetry stuff needs to get disabled as well now
 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179226).

 The big plan is:
 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IGpzsYGi_sq3YFQDAPyKOkU_BKvXAC95fZYA2i4ceVs/edit?pref=2&pli=1

 We should do that and take the direct approach, too, setting
 `browser.selfsupport.enabled` to `false`.

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