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Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on any site
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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Yet another reason to use mullvad-browser instead of vanilla Firefox.
Removing user agency is a big deal, to do it silently is a massive red flag. Even if the intentions are good paternalistic behavior removes agency from users.