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Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

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757 points shak77 | 4 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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skymt ◴[15 Dec 17 16:32 UTC] No.15932953[source]▶
Speaking for myself here, but I'm not concerned that Mozilla might push malware into Firefox installations. I'm concerned about the lack of judgement in pushing an extension with a vague, scary-sounding name and description simply for a cross-marketing tie-in, and I'm worried that it could have damaged the trust ordinary users have in Firefox.
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jotux ◴[15 Dec 17 17:17 UTC] No.15933291[source]▶
I'm worried my work Security/IT department will see it, freak out, and blanket ban Firefox on all machines for 6 months.
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1. 45h34jh53k4j ◴[15 Dec 17 18:01 UTC] No.15933683[source]▶
your work security team loves mr robot, it will be fine...
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2. chris_wot ◴[15 Dec 17 22:02 UTC] No.15935612[source]▶
No, it really will not. My workplace saw that OpenOffice had a security issue, and banned it AND LibreOffice.

Nothing I can do about it. Can’t argue. Trust is very, very easily lost and incredibly hard to regain. And it can hit innocent third parties. It’s very, very wrong to do anything that could destroy trust.

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3. franga2000 ◴[15 Dec 17 22:29 UTC] No.15935792[source]▶
Have they seen the shit that's been found in Microsoft Office? It seemed like there was a new RCE every week for while.
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4. chris_wot ◴[16 Dec 17 07:19 UTC] No.15938301{3}[source]▶
I didn’t say it was logical.