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| Thread ID: 145624 | 2017-12-19 20:53:00 | What's This in FF Quantum? | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1443850 | 2017-12-19 20:53:00 | Screenshot of about:config 8553 I never saw extensions.pug.lookingglass before. Is this spyware? Is it safe to turn OFF? I'm gonna Google it right now......................... |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1443851 | 2017-12-19 20:59:00 | Here's what I find: Looking Glass is an official Mozilla extension. The project's GitHub page reveals that "Looking Glass is a collaboration between Mozilla and the makers of Mr. Robot to provide a shared world experience". The Support article on the Firefox website describes Looking Glass as an Alternate Reality Game to "further your immersion into the Mr Robto universe" without going into details. It appears that users need to opt in to the game, but it is not explained where you need to go and what you need to do to start it. A quick look in the extension's manifest file reveals that it runs on three sites only: www.red-wheelbarrow.com www.whatismybrowser.com and red-wheelbarrow-stage.apps.nbcuni.com Mozilla provides an explanation for the cross-promotion: The Mr. Robot series centers around the theme of online privacy and security. One of the 10 guiding principles of Mozilla's mission is that individuals' security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. The more people know about what information they are sharing online, the more they can protect their privacy. Update: Gizmodo reports that Mozilla will move the Mr. Robot extension Looking Glass to Mozilla AMO and stop pushing it to Firefox automatically. Here is what is wrong with Looking Glass Looking Glass gets installed automatically as part of Firefox's studies feature. Unlike other studies, it is listed in about:addons and uses a non-descriptive name and description. Read also: How to disable animations in Firefox Photon No one knows what the extension does and where it came from based on that. The first though then is clearly that this is some sort of malware that was injected somehow in the browser without any user interaction. Research reveals that this is an official Mozilla extension, so that is good at least to know that this is not malware. But Looking Glass is clearly an advertisement that Mozilla pushed in the browser. Mozilla calls it cross-promotion, but the meaning is the same. The main issue that I have with this is how amateurish Mozilla handles these things sometimes. Pushing an extension like this to Firefox installations to promote a TV show that most Firefox users don't watch crosses a line in my opinion. The fact that only people who watch the show may understand the description, and that Mozilla failed to provide information on what the extension does or where it came from, adds to that. Mozilla pulling stunts like this erodes user trust in the brand. It is not the first time that Mozilla did something that it better should not have done. Earlier this year, the organization ran a Cliqz experiment in Firefox on a subset of users from Germany that had data collecting enabled by default |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1443852 | 2017-12-19 21:17:00 | Article here: drewdevault.com Thinking of moving to Chrome as a browser, myself. Mind you Google are no better, really. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1443853 | 2017-12-19 21:32:00 | Nice find, if slightly worrying Yet another app adding in unwanted crap . Its marketing for a TV show Just the way things are going. Maybee I'll downgrade to my slide rule & fax machine :-) support.mozilla.org " Are you a fan of Mr Robot? Are you trying to solve one of the many puzzles that the Mr Robot team has built? You’re on the right track. Firefox and Mr Robot have collaborated on a shared experience to further your immersion into the Mr Robot universe, also known as an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) " |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1443854 | 2017-12-19 21:42:00 | Firefox , telemetry , cliqz the rot has begun |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1443855 | 2017-12-19 22:40:00 | and now they are really really sorry about that! :) blog.mozilla.org |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1443856 | 2017-12-19 22:42:00 | Really, really sorry they got caught? | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1443857 | 2017-12-19 23:18:00 | Yeah - most people when sorry are really sorry they got caught. Some stores here offer "price guarantees" in that if you find a better, lower price, they'll lower the price you paid them plus 10%. Yeah - they got caught selling for higher and .... on an individual basis, will discount you plus 10% for catching them overpricing you. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1443858 | 2017-12-19 23:20:00 | ..... BUT??? Can it be turned OFF???? Or will it void my warranty? | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1443859 | 2017-12-19 23:47:00 | What warranty? It is not enabled by default, according to the latest I have read. I don't think it can be removed by a user, I tried deleting the entry in about:config, no go. Time to find a browser that respects the user? But which browser? |
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