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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: 0s | 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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yborg ◴[15 Dec 17 14:46 UTC] No.15932143[source]▶
Apparently it's getting loaded anyway for some people that say they had "Studies" disabled and/or "Studies" itself became re-enabled.

The whole idea of slipping paid advertorial content into what are billed as "research" kind of gives the lie to this whole thing and is why I never turn these on in any product. Which is also why it's now "opt-out" by default, and why it will eventually not be an option at all. It's all for our own good, you see.

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Ajedi32 ◴[15 Dec 17 14:52 UTC] No.15932194[source]▶
You don't just need "Studies" enabled, you also need to explicitly opt-in to each specific study on an individual basis:

> Participation in an individual study is opt-in

Source: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield/Shield_Studies

If that didn't happen in this case, then I suspect it's probably a bug.

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1. ashark ◴[15 Dec 17 16:26 UTC] No.15932901[source]▶
I just installed FF on my mom's new desktop yesterday, noticed this crap while installing ublock origin. Definitely didn't opt in to anything. Made me wonder whether I'd accidentally downloaded some malware from a look-alike site, instead of official Firefox.