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Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:39:33 +0200
On 2/17/10 12:00 AM, Daniel Veditz wrote:
AMO has a "No surprises" policy. This was an unwelcome surprise. http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2009/05/01/no-surprises/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/policies/reviews#section-defaults There's no ban on ad-supported extensions, but unless the main announced purpose is to serve ads then it had better be clear it does so. And if it needs to share data with a 3rd party server (whether for ads or for the normal functioning of the add-on) then it has to have a privacy policy and explain what it's doing. And making such changes on an upgrade is supposed to require user opt-in.
I find this "no surprises" concept fascinating, and a nice solution to the problem. Thanks for sharing it! Gadi. -- Gadi Evron, ge () linuxbox org. Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 15)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Daniel Veditz (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Gadi Evron (Feb 16)
- Re: FlashGot Firefox plugin, now spyware Reed Loden (Feb 16)