#30175: Manually whitelist extensions removed from AMO for purely political
reasons
in Tor Browser to fight Mozilla's censorship
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Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner: tbb-team
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: High | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Major | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):
* status: reopened => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
Comment:
Replying to [comment:3 cypherpunks]:
> >How would that work? There's no need for a "whitelist" since there is
no "blocklist" in the first place, one can easily install that extension
by manually downloading it for instance.
>
> Once installed, it only becomes a temporary add-on that is disabled at
the next browser restart. That sounds like demoting it to a second-class
citizen to me. My proposed fix would allow it to be upgraded to a full
add-on.
>
> >Yep. Apart from that we strongly discourage installing random
extensions from the internet (even from Mozilla's extensions' store) as
they contain unknown risks to the privacy and anonymity of Tor Browser
users. Thus, this is a won't fix.
>
> If the Tor Project doesn't wish to fix the technical problems with
Firefox's extension system (which people are going to use regardless of
the warnings against them), then the Tor Project should at least issue a
statement against Mozilla's actions here.
That's not a Tor Browser bug then. Thus, please leave this ticket closed,
thanks.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/30175#comment:4>
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