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How is this better then enabling studies, a setting that is already part of Firefox? Installing add-ons from random sources can be risky. But anyways, I'm not
by OrgNet 7y ago
How is this better then enabling studies, a setting that is already part of Firefox? Installing add-ons from random sources can be risky.
But anyways, I'm not sure why, but the addons on my main computer remained enabled... unlike my 2 other computers.
- jchw 7y agoIt's cryptographically signed by Mozilla. The signature is much more important than the source.
- OrgNet 7y agoI clicked that link and it displayed a puzzle piece with a one-way/no-entry symbol (https://i.stack.imgur.com/eVpMr.png https://i.stack.imgur.com/eVpMr.png)... not sure how I can know that this was signed by Mozilla, a company that I trust less every year
- jchw 7y agoThe UI doesn't tell you, unfortunately. You would have to verify it out of band. But the browser already forces the verification, which you can verify by noticing all your add-ons are literally disabled because the signature checking is failing on them. AFAIK the reason the UI is scary is primarily because it is from an era when add-ons were much more dangerous, and when they were not required to be centrally signed. Neither is true anymore afaik.