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Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry I hadn't seen this earlier; I stopped reading the HN thread a while ago. I have added this to my article: >It has been cl
by ddevault 9y ago
Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry I hadn't seen this earlier; I stopped reading the HN thread a while ago. I have added this to my article:
>It has been clarified that an about:config flag must be set for this addon’s behavior to be visible. This improves the situation considerably, but I do not think it exenorates Mozilla and I stand firm behind most of my points. The study
has also been rolled back by Mozilla, and Mozilla has issued
statements [0] to the media [1] justifying the study (no apology has been issued).
[0] https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-slipped-a-mr-robot-promo-plugin-into-firefox-1821332254 https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-slipped-a-mr-robot-promo-plugin-...
[1] https://gizmodo.com/after-blowback-firefox-will-move-mr-robot-extension-t-1821354314 https://gizmodo.com/after-blowback-firefox-will-move-mr-robo...
- bluefox 9y agoIt doesn't improve the situation at all, which is that Mozilla has the capability to silently install addons in a default setting.
- endemic 9y ago> no apology has been issued This is my problem, right here. To err is human, but I would expect a level of contriteness, rather than doubling down on the "nothing to see here" attitude.
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