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TooFastIndeed
9y ago
Because this is not the scenario that is being denounced here. A brand new add-on with functionality unrelated to the product is being installed without consent or even notification - that's capital M Malware peddling.
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TooFastIndeed
9y ago
Automatically updating an already enabled add-on is hardly the same thing as silently pushing a new one. Security updates were and still are configurable to be installed after prompting, also when they are installed automatically I am notif
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TooFastIndeed
9y ago
I understand it all too well, but when Mozilla is posing as a public benefit company with the "good of the Internet" as its mission this kind of stuff is inexcusable and should be called out all the louder.