What the fuck Mozilla? You can't just sideload extensions that are literally ads. There is no universe in which this is even a little bit okay.
Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser
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#63I checked out FF for the zillionth time the other week after the Quantum release hoping to love it, but the deep Pocket integration was just too offputting. Turning it off requires some Googling. There were other irritating commercial things too. It’s a shame. FF is probably the most important open source project in the world and it’s a shame they do stuff like this. I’m still on Chrome :(
Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
It wasn't supposed to be visible on the addons page
I don't think that makes it better. Knowing that there's a way to get an addon installed invisibly is going to be more justification for paranoia.
There almost certainly is not a way to invisibly install add-ons, unless you are part of Mozilla, and, you know, making Firefox. If paranoia is your thing, it might be worth considering that Mozilla can do anything it wants inside Firefox core, all of it is "invisible" to you.
Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
From the page: > No changes will be made to Firefox unless you have opted in to this Alternate Reality Game. Also, from the same page for those that appreciate irony: > One of the 10 guiding principles of Mozilla's mission is that individuals' security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. The more people know about what information they are sharing online, the more they can…
> No changes will be made to Firefox unless you have opted in to this Alternate Reality Game. That can't possibly be true. I had it installed, and I'm on my work machine using Firefox Developer Edition. I didn't opt in to any ARG.
It's installed, but apparently doesn't do anything if you don't have "studies" enabled.
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#67https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/lookingglass The Mr. Robot series centers around the theme of online privacy and security. One of the 10 guiding principles of Mozilla's mission is that individuals' security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. The more people know about what information they are sharing online, the more they can protect their privacy. ...which you've d…
If you clicked on the link about shield studies you'd see it says they're opt in, did you not getting prompted about it?
I did not opt-in and the extension shows as being enabled. Someone messed up.
Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser
#68https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/lookingglass The Mr. Robot series centers around the theme of online privacy and security. One of the 10 guiding principles of Mozilla's mission is that individuals' security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. The more people know about what information they are sharing online, the more they can protect their privacy. ...which you've d…
If you clicked on the link about shield studies you'd see it says they're opt in, did you not getting prompted about it?
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Re: Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser
#69Out of literally all the software vendors I know, including the one I'm working for, Mozilla is the one I'd have least expected to allow such a thing. I'm very surprised (Negatively, needless to say)
I was concerned for a minute. Then I remembered that this is the browser vendor that constantly spouts it's privacy bonafides yet on a monthly basis "partners" with companies like Pocket to install unwanted addons and functionality and has Google Analytics on their settings pages.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Mozilla's gotta make money somehow They're a nonprofit; they're not allowed to just "make money". And, they already take donations.
I think the the term “non-profit” is more about how an organization spends the money, rather than how they make it. Non profits and charities definitely bring in money through channels other than donations...
> I think the the term “non-profit” is more about how an organization spends the money, rather than how they make it.
Tax-exempt non-profit (especially charity) status is very much about both how money is made and how it is distributed/spent.