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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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blauditore ◴[15 Dec 17 16:23 UTC] No.15932880[source]▶
Many people seem to be shocked because Mozilla installed an add-on automatically. In my opinion, it doesn't really matter since the code is coming from Mozilla - they're building the whole browser, so they could introduce functionality anywhere. If someone distrusts their add-ons, why trust their browser at all?

The main question is what behavior is being introduced. I haven't researched deeply, but apparently the add-on does nothing until the user opts-in on studies.

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xg15 ◴[15 Dec 17 17:23 UTC] No.15933342[source]▶
> If someone distrusts their add-ons, why trust their browser at all?

"Well, I'm your bank. You already gave me authority to reinvest all your savings. Why are you mad now that I invested everything into bitcoin futures?"

What exactly does "trust" mean? We might have given mozilla such a widespread access exactly because we trust them not to abuse it. Stuff like this undermine that trust.

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1. fragmede ◴[15 Dec 17 17:38 UTC] No.15933473[source]▶
Maybe not be the best analogy since that is exactly what banks do with your money while it's parked in your savings account - invest it in whatever they feel like. Probably not Bitcoin futures because the bank manager doesn't want to, but there's nothing stopping them from doing exactly that.
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2. xg15 ◴[15 Dec 17 17:52 UTC] No.15933594[source]▶
No, the bitcoin futures were my point. Of course they can re-invest in principle but the trust is tgat they won't invest them into something that is an obvious risk.

And no, they can't: In many countries there are regulations forbidding high-risk investments with regular savings accounts for exactly that reason.