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Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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757 points shak77 | 2 comments | 15 Dec 17 13:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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shak77 ◴[15 Dec 17 13:47 UTC] No.15931738[source]▶
This is what it looks like: https://imgur.com/a/mriUw

It scared the hell out of me! Are these guys losing their minds?

It was reported as a bug and the response thus far is indeed underwhelming for such a severe issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424977

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bwat49 ◴[15 Dec 17 14:15 UTC] No.15931902[source]▶
It wasn't supposed to be visible on the addons page
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mark-r ◴[15 Dec 17 14:21 UTC] No.15931947[source]▶
I don't think that makes it better. Knowing that there's a way to get an addon installed invisibly is going to be more justification for paranoia.
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dahart ◴[15 Dec 17 14:50 UTC] No.15932176[source]▶
There almost certainly is not a way to invisibly install add-ons, unless you are part of Mozilla, and, you know, making Firefox. If paranoia is your thing, it might be worth considering that Mozilla can do anything it wants inside Firefox core, all of it is "invisible" to you.
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1. bo1024 ◴[15 Dec 17 15:24 UTC] No.15932415[source]▶
Yes and a big part of this entire issue is users deciding whether we can trust Mozilla with that power or not.
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2. Sylos ◴[16 Dec 17 07:52 UTC] No.15938406[source]▶
And he's saying that this occurence should have no effect on this decision, not in any rational mind.