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Pushed out silently as part of a mechanism designed to beta-test new browser features. Per their own documentation the extension is supposed to target 1-2% of t
by dsl 9y ago
Pushed out silently as part of a mechanism designed to beta-test new browser features. Per their own documentation the extension is supposed to target 1-2% of the install base and pop up asking permission to continue.
This is basically Microsoft using Windows Update to install a desktop icon promoting the latest season of The Voice.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield/Shield_Studies https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield/Shield_Studies
- Veedrac 9y ago> This is basically Microsoft using Windows Update to install a desktop icon promoting the latest season of The Voice. Mozilla have said that this test was meant to be invisible, so whilst this is an accurate analogy of the end result, it's also an accidental one.
- r3bl 9y ago> This is basically Microsoft using Windows Update to install... Asphalt 8, Candy Crush, Keeper (also, see this[0]). These are the three[1] apps that I had to remove from a laptop purchased last month. They weren't a part of the OEM install, they came with the updates after the system was up and running. Bad example. [0] https://betanews.com/2017/12/17/windows-10-keeper-vulnerability/ https://betanews.com/2017/12/17/windows-10-keeper-vulnerabil... [1] I think there was one more, but I can't remember its name.
- Paianni 9y agoTime to remove Windows 10.