Re:Update Regarding Add-Ons in Firefox
by yawaramin on Saturday May 04, 2019 @03:43PM
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Non sequitur. An installed addon could be signed with a certificate. Mozilla can push out a revocation for that certificate if it deems it appropriate. The revocation can pop up a modal telling users it wants to disable the addon. The user can click 'Disable addon' or 'Ignore (dangerous)'.
This doesn't need to be done through a dead man's switch (expiring certificate) that someone will forget to renew.
This doesn't need to be done through a dead man's switch (expiring certificate) that someone will forget to renew.