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Emma Zuehlcke

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Emma Zuehlcke

Over a two-month period, contributed privacy-focused features and maintenance improvements to mozilla/gecko-dev, primarily enhancing tracking protection and user control in Firefox. Developed and aligned Bounce Tracking Protection for Fenix with Firefox Desktop, using C++ and JavaScript to strengthen privacy defaults. Improved user experience for embedded content by extending SmartBlock support for Disqus and refining responsive placeholders. Led a cross-component migration for URL classifier allow-list categories, enabling opt-in and opt-out via the preferences UI and ensuring robust migration logic with comprehensive tests. Also performed targeted maintenance by removing obsolete Blogger shims, reducing technical debt and simplifying ongoing extension support.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

80%Features

Repository Contributions

12Total
Bugs
1
Commits
12
Features
4
Lines of code
2,166
Activity Months2

Work History

July 2025

5 Commits • 1 Features

Jul 1, 2025

Monthly summary for 2025-07: Delivered a cross-component migration enabling ETP strict/custom URL classifier allow-list category handling with opt-in/out via the preferences UI. Implemented migration logic across the URL classifier and anti-tracking components, added startup ignorePrefs.json handling, and built comprehensive tests to validate migration across components.

June 2025

7 Commits • 3 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 — Privacy-preserving feature delivery and maintenance cleanups across mozilla/gecko-dev. Focused on aligning mobile privacy controls with Firefox Desktop, improving UX for embedded content, and reducing technical debt. Delivered new privacy features, UX improvements for embeds, and extended allow-list capabilities to improve site compatibility, while cleaning up obsolete shims. Key outcomes: - BTP in ETP strict mode for Fenix to align with Firefox Desktop and enhance privacy by default. - SmartBlock: Disqus embeds support and responsive placeholders improving UX on small screens. - UrlClassifierExceptionList extended with allow-list categories (baseline and convenience) for finer site compatibility. - Maintenance cleanup: Removed obsolete Blogger shims in webcompat extension to simplify maintenance and reduce surface area for regressions.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness94.2%
Maintainability93.2%
Architecture93.2%
Performance86.6%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C++IDLJavaJavaScriptKotlin

Technical Skills

Android DevelopmentBrowser DevelopmentBrowser Extension DevelopmentBrowser ExtensionsC++ DevelopmentCSSConfiguration ManagementFront-end DevelopmentJavaScriptJavaScript DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentMozilla InternalsPrivacy EngineeringPrivacy FeaturesTesting

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

mozilla/gecko-dev

Jun 2025 Jul 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

C++IDLJavaJavaScriptKotlin

Technical Skills

Android DevelopmentBrowser DevelopmentBrowser Extension DevelopmentBrowser ExtensionsC++ DevelopmentCSS