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". > > > > > > 1) 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
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