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pritambaral ◴[] No.19824780[source]
Run this in your Browser Console[1] to delay signature checking for a day:

    function set_xpi_sign_time_now() {
        const {Services} =  ChromeUtils.import("resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm");
        const now = (new Date()).getTime() / 1000;
        Services.prefs.setIntPref('app.update.lastUpdateTime.xpi-signature-verification', now);
    }
    
    set_xpi_sign_time_now();

EDIT: Changed `Components.utils.import` to `ChromeUtils.import` because apparently Beta and Nightly versions have removed the former, while the latter was introduced in 60.

This does the equivalent of setting in about:config the time of last signature verification to the current time. By default, Firefox re-checks signatures in 24 hours (or so I read somewhere here). I like the temporary effect of this, compared to the permanent disabling of signature verification suggested elsewhere.

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1: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Browser_Conso...

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l0b0 ◴[] No.19825204[source]
Outside of about:addons I get this in Firefox 66.0.3 in Linux:

> ReferenceError: ChromeUtils is not defined

Also, this doesn't seem to help with currently disabled add-ons, unless I'm missing something. Trying to reinstall Adblock Plus, for example, still results in

> Download failed. Please check your connection.

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1. wwwadwdad ◴[] No.19825319[source]
Beginning in Firefox version 52 released March 7, 2017, installed NPAPI plugins are no longer supported in Firefox, except for Adobe Flash. Some of the plugins that no longer load in Firefox, even though they may be installed on your computer, include Java, Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Acrobat. See this compatibility document for details. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/npapi-plugins?as=u&utm_...