Firefox Disabled All My Extentions • Hacker News Board

Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

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Post by FireFoxSucks » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:38 AM UTC

I think not all mozilla users are having this kind of problem right now.I tried to install add-ons on my other laptop and made it. So i guess some users only are infected by this issue

Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

#42

Post by nothappycamper » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:40 AM UTC

What is a better browser I can use instead???

Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

#43

Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:43 AM UTC

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Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

#44

Post by djh2400 » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:44 AM UTC

I got all extensions to work temporarily by forcing the following settings in user.js (or could be set manually in about:config):

    user_pref( "extensions.legacy.enabled", true );
    user_pref( "xpinstall.signatures.required", false );

FWIW, I'm on Debian Stable with Firefox 60.6.1esr.

Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

#45

Post by euroclear » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:44 AM UTC

xvector wrote: post #19

I think this fail-closed behavior is more of a security issue than the one it is trying to solve. All of my security add-ons - Privacy Badger, NoScript, Decentraleyes, and many more were disabled. Even worse, it happened without notice to the user. One moment I was browsing the internet (just barely) secured by these add-ons, and the next moment, all of them disappeared (without warning) and I only noticed when I saw…

I got a small message at the top of the tab saying that my add-ons had been disabled. Still, not nearly enough considering what happened.

Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

#46

Post by terrycody » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:45 AM UTC

same +1

Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

#47

Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:45 AM UTC

djh2400 wrote: post #44

I got all extensions to work temporarily by forcing the following settings in user.js (or could be set manually in about:config): user_pref( "extensions.legacy.enabled", true ); user_pref( "xpinstall.signatures.required", false ); FWIW, I'm on Debian Stable with Firefox 60.6.1esr.

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Re: Firefox Disabled All My Extentions

#48

Post by micromega » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:47 AM UTC

Yes!! Extremely angry right now.

All of my legacy extensions are disabled. My beloved uBlock Origin included. Only Disconnect works. Tried downloading alternatives and can't even do that; keep getting a "download failed. Check your connection." The hilarious part, they said the new add-on signing doesn't affect themes, so why are nine of my themes disabled? It's getting old, all this messing with stuff all the damn time. I don't need you to hold my hand, Firefox.

If I want to run add-ons that don't use Web API then let me do it to my own detriment...