Comment by pmlnr
9 years ago
> it doesn't really matter since the code is coming from Mozilla
For now, yes. Until someone finds a way to push a "study" through which is not from someone "trusted".
> If someone distrusts their add-ons, why trust their browser at all?
Well, trust is rather simple to break, and this - remote installing things - was not part of my original trust I put in Firefox 1.0. I know things change. This is not one I tolerate, and you are right: I will not trust a browser after a step like this.
Besides the trust, it's unexpected data. Probably don't effect many on big data plans, and is probably a tiny extension this time, but it's still data I have not asked for.
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