Bug#852398: chromium: option --enable-remote-extensions does work: extensions cannot be enabled nor be installed

2017-02-09 Thread Andrea
Package: chromium Version: 56.0.2924.76-3 Followup-For: Bug #852398 Like other users, I am also very disappointed by this change of behaviour. The user is not warned in any way that his extensions are not loaded by default anymore. I had to hack into /usr/bin/chromium script to re-enable them. I

Bug#852398: chromium: option --enable-remote-extensions does work: extensions cannot be enabled nor be installed

2017-02-07 Thread k_f
The current behavior is really, really bad since it exposes users, who thought a little of their privacy by installing privacy extensions like privacy badger (EFF privacy extension), no-script, ad-blocker or other extensions like that to the websites and ad networks. Next time you do something

Bug#852398: chromium: option --enable-remote-extensions does work: extensions cannot be enabled nor be installed

2017-02-06 Thread Niels Elgaard Larsen
På Mon, 6 Feb 2017 21:09:16 +0100 Michael Franzl skrev: > On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 11:27:55 +0100 Simon Ruderich CHROMIUM_FLAGS='--enable-remote-extensions' chromium > > I put this into ~/.profile: > >

Bug#852398: chromium: option --enable-remote-extensions does work: extensions cannot be enabled nor be installed

2017-02-06 Thread Michael Franzl
On Mon, 6 Feb 2017 11:27:55 +0100 Simon Ruderich wrote: > Setting the option in a environment variables seems to work as > workaround for me: > > CHROMIUM_FLAGS='--enable-remote-extensions' chromium I put this into ~/.profile:

Bug#852398: chromium: option --enable-remote-extensions does work: extensions cannot be enabled nor be installed

2017-02-06 Thread Simon Ruderich
severity 852398 important thanks Package: chromium Version: 56.0.2924.76-3 Followup-For: Bug #852398 Hello, Setting the option in a environment variables seems to work as workaround for me: CHROMIUM_FLAGS='--enable-remote-extensions' chromium However I urge you to change the default back

Bug#852398: chromium: option --enable-remote-extensions does work: extensions cannot be enabled nor be installed

2017-01-24 Thread Ara Keary
Package: chromium Version: 55.0.2883.75-6 Severity: normal Dear maintainers, remote extensions are disabled now by default I understand that official chrome extensions such as Adblock Plus (or similar ones) and non-official extensions can be enabled and can be installed only if the