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On 01/01/2014 11:20 AM, Nick Semenkovich wrote: > That seems a little strange as it's available in the Chrome > webstore, which has similar policies. > IIRC, the difference is that Chrome refuses to let the user install a .crx from a non-Chrome-store site, so we have no choice but to go through the store. > Perhaps it's time to reconsider? Micah suggested that we move HTTPS Everywhere to AMO a couple months ago, but I don't think we reached a decision on what to do. I think I'd support putting it in AMO but keeping the link on our website to the EFF-hosted download. - -Yan > > - Nick > > On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Pavel Kazakov > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 01/01/2014 10:05 AM, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews wrote: >> I was just searching for the Firefox version of the plugin on >> addons.mozilla.org <http://addons.mozilla.org>, and found that > it's not there. I know you can >> install directly from eff.org <http://eff.org>, but is there a > reason not to also upload >> to AMO? >> >> Thanks, Jacob _______________________________________________ >> HTTPS-Everywhere mailing list [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/https-everywhere >> > > I was wondering the same thing when I first found HTTPS > Everywhere. According to HTTPS Everywhere's FAQ [1], it's due to > Mozilla's privacy policy: > > Q. Why isn't HTTPS Everywhere available for download from > addons.mozilla.org <http://addons.mozilla.org> like most other > Firefox add-ons? > > A. We felt that the Mozilla privacy policy that applies to > downloads from addons.mozilla.org <http://addons.mozilla.org> is > somewhat less protective than the privacy policies of the > organizations that develop HTTPS Everywhere, and we prefer for > HTTPS Everywhere users to be protected by our privacy policy. This > decision could change in the future as Mozilla's privacy practices > evolve or as we re-examine the details of the current Mozilla > policy. > > Regards, Pavel > > [1] https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/faq > _______________________________________________ HTTPS-Everywhere > mailing list [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/https-everywhere > > > > > -- Nick Semenkovich Laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon Medical > Scientist Training Program School of Medicine Washington University > in St. Louis http://nick.semenkovich.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ HTTPS-Everywhere > mailing list [email protected] > https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/https-everywhere > - -- Yan Zhu [email protected] Technologist Tel +1 415 436 9333 x134 Electronic Frontier Foundation Fax +1 415 436 9993 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSxIKbAAoJENC7YDZD/dnsTHIH/R9mcxOVjtpwsSTpFnv2xHUX 3hLWi2oMDUO1j9mQWnfa3njOm6cndUSVFNDSKWfJ3bIZwhrT57927d8xkviaCsoG d0pSwByQXH6cYBPCLh1wVfaJvsWPrX1/eCCUo/qxLtHYoidizlm2EDqeVWypG4S7 V7SZ98EmF85Pu5UbU8JRzPOhIs7i3R2Pm3PgLo5S1n6ecZz+NlkfmQoGO0HWuH5M EFy22GmrBEmmQdV5J2OuJizHdU1hxLQPeVyXlDPtIJ/FO0wRQ4dwiLAzO2L04nlv Pu2AEaU/sGMBQu+dRJ0UbD1lvj87hOW8WaNtGWf3fbZMy16hOs2ogYSAsRszNUg= =XH/3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ HTTPS-Everywhere mailing list [email protected] https://lists.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/https-everywhere
