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> With that, they also enforce a rule which Google does not have, that any connection to the internet which is not necessary for the add-on to function (ads, te
by comboy 9y ago
> With that, they also enforce a rule which Google does not have, that any connection to the internet which is not necessary for the add-on to function (ads, telemetry) have to be opt-in.
This sounds pretty cool and reasonable. But extensions still can modify the currently displayed website, right? Doesn't that make it trivial to submit data somewhere? E.g. <img> tag with GET params, as the most basic form of this.
- Sylos 9y agoIt does, but it also makes it trivial for Mozilla to notice that this is happening and then they can weed that extension out before it gets published.