I'm just one DevRel engineer on a layover; I'm not the right person to answer those broader questions. Not trying to be dismissive, just trying to engage in the areas where I'm most able.
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by betterunix2 on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:10PM
(#15943563)
Do you have an insight into whether or not Mozilla will issue an update that removes the ability to push add-ons in this fashion?
Re:Firefox is on a slippery slope
by Dylan16807 on Sunday December 17, 2017 @02:43PM
(#15947273)
Bah. This was something that looked spooky but ran exactly zero payload by itself. It implies failed processes inside mozilla, but nothing malicious.
I still want a justification of the cliqz thing, sure, but I don't demand it in relation to this.
Although different, this too brushes off this one instance as a mistake, and entirely disregards the rest of the article, not even trying to address or explain the rest of Mozilla's recent borderline malicious behavior.
A serious fork is long overdue, if only it didn't take a corporation as big as Mozilla to undo their bad deeds.