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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: 0.303s | 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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1. SwH85 ◴[15 Dec 17 17:53 UTC] No.15933599[source]▶
What it bugs me is not that Mozilla pushed and extension into my/their browser but the behavior of the extension itself. It literally broke some pages, disrupting my use experience more than it was supposed to do (or at least I hope it was not intended). Peoples who complain about Mozilla pushing this just failed to check the basic browser options and should blame themselves instead. Anyway Mozilla seem to have rised quite a lot of attention about the secuirity and the privacy of their own browser with this stunt, so... it was a success, I guess?