[HN Gopher] Firefox Add-On Policy Changes 2021
___________________________________________________________________
Firefox Add-On Policy Changes 2021
Author : msdrigg
Score : 27 points
Date : 2021-11-04 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (blog.mozilla.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (blog.mozilla.org)
| Nicksil wrote:
| Seems like a net win for the user. Good to see it.
| msdrigg wrote:
| TLDR:
|
| > We will no longer be accepting the collection of browsing
| activity data, unless it is part of the add-on's primary function
|
| > Add-ons with the sole purpose of promoting, installing, loading
| or launching another website, application or add-on are no longer
| permitted on addons.mozilla.org
|
| > Encryption is now always required when communicating with
| remote services
| morsch wrote:
| What's the problem with the second category? That functionality
| doesn't sound particularly useful to me, but presumably the new
| rule is meant to disallow a category of specifically malicious
| add-ons?
| chomp wrote:
| People are submitting addons that do nothing but just
| redirect the browser to a web app instead of augmenting
| Firefox's functionality, essentially just using
| addons.mozilla.org for their marketing.
| msdrigg wrote:
| I dont know. I havent used these extensions, but I know of
| some that only redirect sites. Like redirecting reddit.com to
| teddit.net or old.reddit.com. It seems like a valid use case
| to me.
| hyproxia wrote:
| Finally, a based move from Mozilla.
| peakaboo wrote:
| Honestly, this means more than color schemes to core users.
___________________________________________________________________
(page generated 2021-11-04 23:02 UTC)