The quick / legit away around that is use dev or aurora channel versions which will still allow `Install from file' Tim: > Allegedly, on or about 15 August 2016, geo.inbox.ignored sent: >> yes, iirc, in some of my previous versions of TB = Thunderbird, there >> were paint brushes. never could understand what was significant. > > Reminds of those dopey buttons on modern video games. You're supposed > to remember special functions assigned to buttons with triangles and > squares, or different colours. No logic to them. > >> something to be aware of, mozilla devs are on a witch hunt and intend >> to code later versions to no accept any add-ons that do not come from >> their site and stamp of approval. > > I'm not surprised by this, seems like all major software houses are > going down the route of only allowing signed/authorised packages, to try > and put an end to malware (of which there's scads of). > > Anti-virus, and other anti-malware, does not work. There's plenty of > evidence of that. People don't install it, don't run it, don't update > it, ignore its warnings, and install dodgy crap by themselves (whether > by carelessness or stupidity - such as piracy-related hackware). About > the only way to stop the clueless is make it next to impossible to > install something that hasn't been (allegedly) vetted before release. > >
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