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Re:Mozilla shouldn't copy Chrome's permission prompt for ext... by cbreeden on Sunday July 03, 2016 @03:19PM (#12027250)
It's still not clear to me. Are you suggesting that uses not be notified of a potential yet not verified security hole or not?
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Re:Mozilla shouldn't copy Chrome's permission prompt for ext... by greendestiny_re on Sunday July 03, 2016 @06:01PM (#12027835)
In short, I would like to see Firefox empower and inform its users.

The current implementation of the Adobe Flash plugin warning does neither, and by the looks of it, add-on permissions mentioned in the OP will be the same.

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