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1. 333c ◴[] No.19823967[source]
Can someone explain exactly what went wrong? I don't think I quite understand, but 7/9 of my extensions have been disabled.
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3. lvh ◴[] No.19824179[source]
Firefox requires extensions installed via their "store" be signed with a certificate to make sure they're actually from there. That certificate has an expiry date. It expired, so now all of its signatures are invalid -- and Firefox no longer trusts the associated extensions.
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4. sfink ◴[] No.19827393[source]
A minor added detail is that it wasn't the leaf certificate that expired. I've heard that that would have been handled properly. It was an intermediate cert, and I guess that possibly wasn't fully taken into account? (This is 3rd hand knowledge and speculation, note.)
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5. lvh ◴[] No.19827464{3}[source]
That is accurate :)