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Firefox is still backdoor free :)
by Phenix88be 8y ago
Firefox is still backdoor free :)
- pmlnr 8y agoThis is debatable: with the experiments, Firefox has the power to install addons behind the scenes. See the Mr. Robot fiasco: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15956325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15956325
- jonathankoren 8y agoI hate to tell you this, but every browser has the ability to run experiments.
- pmlnr 8y agoread the link; i wasn't referring to website originated experiments. btw midori is without backdoors, so is dillo, or lynx.
- jonathankoren 8y agoI am well aware of the Mr Robot brouhaha. No one brought up “website oriented” experiments. We’re talking about the browser itself. All modern browsers of them have the ability to download JavaScript and execute it to change functionality. All of them have the ability to toggle behavior remotely. That’s how you experiment, and experiment driven development is how modern software is made. Finally, you can not be serious mentioning Lynx. It was obsolete in 1996. I know. I was there.
- AnaniasAnanas 8y agow3m does not have that. In any case, since experiments are no different to backdoors you might as well say that most popular browsers have backdoors.
- jonathankoren 8y ago“Backdoor” is a very loaded term. Would you call all self updating software backdoored? I seriously doubt it.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y agoIf an update was used to push advertisements, then it would absolutely qualify as a backdoor.
- AnaniasAnanas 8y agoWell, yes, unless if such functionality was opt-in or at least asked me before installing the new version.
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- xkgihu7r 8y agoIt is not. The Mr. Robot controversy showed that they can remotely install addons, and the Booking controversy showed that they can remotely alter the contents of the "new tab" page.