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I think this fail-closed behavior is more of a security issue than the one it is trying to solve. All of my security add-ons - Privacy Badger, NoScript, Decentr
by xvector 8y ago
I think this fail-closed behavior is more of a security issue than the one it is trying to solve. All of my security add-ons - Privacy Badger, NoScript, Decentraleyes, and many more were disabled. Even worse, it happened without notice to the user.
One moment I was browsing the internet (just barely) secured by these add-ons, and the next moment, all of them disappeared (without warning) and I only noticed when I saw my password manager was missing.
- euroclear 8y agoI got a small message at the top of the tab saying that my add-ons had been disabled. Still, not nearly enough considering what happened.
- twhb 8y agoI love my privacy too but you’ve got to keep the magnitude of things in mind. Those extensions are making it harder to correlate your interactions with different companies, this fail-closed behavior is protecting you against criminals gaining access to all your online accounts.
- scoot_718 8y agoBullshit. Those extensions protect against both. Javascript being an important criminal vector. This fail-closed behaviour is disabling certified code because of an arbitrary date. At time of install the code was verified. The code didn't change since. Mozilla is stupid for doing this.
- harpyeagle 8y ago"Those extensions are making it harder to correlate your interactions with different companies" No, this is not a reason.