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Re:Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions by userbinator on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @08:11AM (#10040382)
I understand the issue of users being tricked into downloading and installing malicious extensions. If you let someone program, they will be able to paste malicious code. I just don’t think that taking away users’ ability to modify their own browsers is an acceptable solution to that.

I think it's just another battle in The War on General Purpose Computing. I like to keep this quote in mind: "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."

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Re:Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions by rockdoe on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @09:53AM (#10041034)
The problem is what consequences those mistakes have for other people.

Yay more botnets.

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