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You can install extensions from any site. You'll only get an additional prompt if you're not installing from the mozilla add-on site. You can think it was abou

• wslh 14y ago
  An additional prompt means less conversions. There are alternative methods that Mozilla could do, like bringing a Mozilla certificate to host the extension in your own site without an extra prompt.
  • BrendanEich 14y ago
    And how would we decide to whom to extend the certificate? To whom should we entrust "conversions"? You are talking around the larger problem, which is a huge one for many extension and app ecosystems (e.g. Google Play, where weak-AI scanners fail to stop malware and spamware). Mozilla uses community review, which works much better but is of course imperfect, a human thing. No one that I know of has solved this larger problem. I would be interested in research pointers and tips (not complaints). /be