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757 points shak77 | 1 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

bwat49 ◴[15 Dec 17 14:15 UTC] No.15931902[source]▶

It wasn't supposed to be visible on the addons page

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.

bwat49 ◴[15 Dec 17 14:24 UTC] No.15931973[source]▶

You can disable these studies under Options | Privacy and Security

1. arprocter ◴[15 Dec 17 17:06 UTC] No.15933206{4}[source]▶

Preferences/Options -> Privacy and Security -> Allow Firefox to install and run studies

Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser