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>Demonstrated that Mozilla has the ability to silently push addons without any kind of notification to the user that their browser behavior has been patched. I
by jotux 9y ago
>Demonstrated that Mozilla has the ability to silently push addons without any kind of notification to the user that their browser behavior has been patched.
If you allow firefox updates they can silently push any code on to your machine, right?
- itronitron 9y agoyes, and most people have grudgingly accepted the semi-weekly FF updates in order to receive the latest security updates... to hijack that update contract to push a marketing agenda is counter productive
- PurpleRamen 9y agoUpdates are under public view, and users can trust that this process is hard to infiltrate. Silent addon-installations in the background, which appearently can be even pinpointed to specific usergroups, are not. Mozilla can anytime do anything on your system, without anyone watching them, and people just learned the hard way about it.