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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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vorpalhex ◴[15 Dec 17 16:37 UTC] No.15933001[source]▶
This is being added to the browser, outside the realm of security updates, through what is supposed to be a UX improvement program, for commercial purposes. It's written by a commercial company that produces advertisement content. It's not clear this code is audited.

Sorry, but I'm uninstalling firefox. They have broken the basic trust I have in them as a user to not push arbitrary code to my machine against my interests.

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benbenolson ◴[15 Dec 17 16:55 UTC] No.15933127[source]▶
What browser are you going to use instead?
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1. pweissbrod ◴[15 Dec 17 18:45 UTC] No.15934021[source]▶
Firefox 57's sweeping changes ruined most of my vim-like ui customizations (vimperator, vimfx). For 2 months I've switched to qutebrowser and palemoon as a backup and dont miss firefox at all.

If you're looking for a browser with first-class vim compatibility qutebrowser is outstanding.

I've also found palemoon to be a perfectly boring/stable/functional variant of firefox without all the drastic/breaking changes (vim plugins work quite well also)

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2. bigbugbag ◴[15 Dec 17 23:15 UTC] No.15936098[source]▶
If you were a vimperator aficionado you might want to have a look at uzbl.

Pale moon is not as good as waterfox, at least for me.