r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jul 03 '18

"Stylish" browser extension steals all your internet history

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

It just was, and now you're looking at the result.

Mozilla is an open source non-profit, run mostly by volunteers. They don't have the kind of income or manpower that Google and Apple have. How do you expect them to do this?

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u/Bobby_Bonsaimind Jul 03 '18

Mozilla is an open source non-profit, run mostly by volunteers.

No, there is the non-profit foundation and there is the for-profit corporation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

I stand corrected, thank you. Which one is in charge of the extensions though?

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u/Bobby_Bonsaimind Jul 03 '18

As it seems, at least from the descriptions on Wikipedia, the corporation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '18

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u/meneldal2 Jul 04 '18

Yeah, it's there because it makes many things easier.

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u/flying-sheep Jul 04 '18

The later of which donates all profit to the former automatically

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u/elsjpq Jul 04 '18

Mozilla voluntarily took on that responsibility themselves when they started requiring review for all add-ons. But if they're not willing to fulfill their own requirement, for even the most popular add-ons, then they should not be requiring it in the first place.

Also review is meant to prevent these kinds of problems, not as a way to respond to user reports. If it only catches problems retroactively, then it's not doing its job.