On Sun, 2017-12-17 at 11:09 -0800, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
On 12/17/2017 04:09 AM, Till Hofmann wrote:
On 12/17/2017 01:11 AM, Benjamin Kreuter wrote:
Sorry if this was discussed already, but it looks like Firefox 57 on Fedora 26 (and I assume 27 but have not checked) in the Fedora repo has "extension.shield-recipe-client.enabled = true".
- Is there a reason this is not turned off by default? This is
being used to install extensions without notifying users.
I wonder if this is related to Mr. Robot extension that was automatically installed without user's consent: https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-backpedals-after-mr-robot-firefox -misstep/
Yeah, that is the reason I thought the OP was bringing this up for...
Yes that is the point; as far as I can tell that is the about:config setting that enables the "let Mozilla silently install extensions" feature.
-- Ben