On Sun, 2017-12-17 at 11:09 -0800, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On 12/17/2017 04:09 AM, Till Hofmann wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 12/17/2017 01:11 AM, Benjamin Kreuter wrote:
> > > Sorry if this was discussed already, but it looks like Firefox 57
> > > on
> > > Fedora 26 (and I assume 27 but have not checked) in the Fedora
> > > repo has
> > > "extension.shield-recipe-client.enabled = true".
> > > 
> > > 1)  Is there a reason this is not turned off by default?  This is
> > > being
> > > used to install extensions without notifying users.
> > 
> > I wonder if this is related to Mr. Robot extension that was
> > automatically installed without user's consent:
> > https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-backpedals-after-mr-robot-firefox
> > -misstep/
> 
> Yeah, that is the reason I thought the OP was bringing this up for...

Yes that is the point; as far as I can tell that is the about:config
setting that enables the "let Mozilla silently install extensions"
feature.

-- Ben

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