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Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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757 points shak77 | 1 comments | 15 Dec 17 13:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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AdmiralAsshat ◴[15 Dec 17 14:27 UTC] No.15932004[source]▶
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/lookingglass

The Mr. Robot series centers around the theme of online privacy and security. One of the 10 guiding principles of Mozilla's mission is that individuals' security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. The more people know about what information they are sharing online, the more they can protect their privacy.

...which you've done by installing a fishy-looking addon without our permission and making us less likely to trust you?

Well-done, Mozilla.

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theossuary ◴[15 Dec 17 14:41 UTC] No.15932105[source]▶
If you clicked on the link about shield studies you'd see it says they're opt in, did you not getting prompted about it?
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1. djsumdog ◴[15 Dec 17 16:15 UTC] No.15932810[source]▶
I remember this prompt (sending Mozilla crash/performance data) and disabled it a long time ago, and I don't have the add-on currently.

Often these days I disable every "Help us with information" box, both on close/commercial software and even open source software. I mean I'd like the help the community, but I really no longer like submitting any type of tracking information or even debugging information. Everyone is already clamoring for my data, and I guess it's more of a mentality of I don't want to give it away for free. They already get so much for free.

I'll still file a bug report on bugzillas and compile stack traces on faults. But I want to do it myself, explicitly.