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> Firefox now more proactively blocks downloads from URLs that are considered to be potentially untrustworthy. I got a hit yesterday from a plugin I wanted to
by dsign 2y ago
> Firefox now more proactively blocks downloads from URLs that are considered to be potentially untrustworthy.
I got a hit yesterday from a plugin I wanted to download from blendermarket. After fiddling with Firefox, I downloaded the plugin. It had a binary component that I audited with several anti-virus programs. The rest was Python code, that I also audited. No auditing found anything suspicious. Yes, there is such a thing as malicious binaries in places, but I would like to know more about how Firefox is deciding to flag download links. Is it AI working on generic signals? If Americans can carry guns, while does Firefox doesn’t let me download things? A warning about “our foxy algorithm doesn’t like this egg” would be okay, but blocking the download and forcing the user to jump through hoops is flat disrespectful.
- kbenson 2y ago> If Americans can carry guns, while does Firefox doesn’t let me download things? I'm almost afraid to ask the reasoning behind this, but to go out on a limb and assume I understand your question accurately, because one is a constitutional right of citizens protected by the government and the other is a private company making a judgement call and you're opting into their reasoning by using their product? Regardless of whether you agree with the specifics of either of them or whether they are good choices or systems, they have nothing to do with each other, at all.
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