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Mozilla must have introduced this feature for some reason, but the article doesn't talk about the possible negative consequences of disabling it.
by gpvos 3y ago
Mozilla must have introduced this feature for some reason, but the article doesn't talk about the possible negative consequences of disabling it.
- parker_mountain 3y agoIt's probably for "managed firefox", which is when your IT department sets firefox as the default browser. It lets them, for example, disable adblock on the internal company portal
- Mordisquitos 3y agoThat would make perfect sense, but to be clear the primary motivation wouldn't be to specifically disable adblockers on the internal network. Rather, it would be to disable any extension on internal company domains, as an information security precaution.
- suprjami 3y agoSee analysis here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36590507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36590507
- xg15 3y agoHang on, so the list of domains is pulled from an API endpoint? Meaning, it can change at any time, even without requiring an update to the browser? That would actually be far worse than a static list.