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I don't think this is the full story. They claim the add-on was disabled by default, and needed to be manually activated. Note that the description of the Look
by zakk 9y ago
I don't think this is the full story. They claim the add-on was disabled by default, and needed to be manually activated.
Note that the description of the Looking Glass addon was "MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN YOURS."
Note also that I have never activated such add-on.
Now, If I go to about:studies (for those not familiar with SHIELD studies https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/shield https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/shield) I see the following 'study':
pug-experience
Complete • My reality is different than yours
So, there was a Mozilla study, with almost the shame shady description, which DID run by default, at least for some users.
Are the Looking Glass add-on and this SHIELD study completely unrelated? Why do they share the same description? Why is Mozilla using these shady descriptions in the first place?
Probably I am just being paranoid, but Mozilla has done nothing to gain my trust, lately.
- detaro 9y agoFrom what I understand, the add-on wrapper checks for a preference immediately on startup and only loads the WebExtension doing anything if it is set manually. It's enabled in the sense that the wrapper loads and shuts down again, it's disabled in the sense that none of its functionality actually runs.
- Manishearth 9y ago> Are the Looking Glass add-on and this SHIELD study completely unrelated? The addon is the shield study. Shield is the mechanism for deploying addons (usually A/B tests) to release populations. What was enabled was a small piece of code[1] that would enable the full addon when a pref was flipped. [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/addon-wr/blob/master/addon/bootstrap.js#L20-L41 https://github.com/mozilla/addon-wr/blob/master/addon/bootst...