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TheFreeDictionary.com Lookup by polizz

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  • by Firefox user 13236401, 7 years ago
    Any extension with Permissions to "Access your data for all websites" is severely exposed to Privacy, SPAM and/or Security risks.

    They can potentially access all your online accounts Social Media, eMail, Shopping, Medical, financial and SPAM all your email. Ever wondered how coincidentally you receive SPAM emails for related information and products you were browsing on the internet, this is one of the ways they accomplish this. I don't have a problem with monetization models but this is unacceptable and inexcusable!

    Read more on Mozilla Official Permissions Support Page:
    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/permission-request-messages-firefox-extensions

    PS: Thank you Mozilla for finally improving extension security awareness (better late than never), but there is still room for significant improvement. When someone is adding an extension with this particular level of Permissions, a popup warning/confirmation dialogue box should be displayed along with examples of potential exposures is a must!

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    1. ) You say extensions are exposed to privacy and security risks - if you sincerely believe that, you should report it to the Mozilla browser project and not specific extensions. They would need you to provide some actual specifics to back up that claim!
    2. ) I'm not sure who/what "they" is/are.
    3. ) A widely known method for detecting what one "browses on the internet" is third-party token access - this does not rely on add-ons at all. If you feel comfortable downloading it, I recommend the EFF's Privacy Badger add-on for giving you control over that.
    4. ) Regarding monetization, this add-on was developed by me and given freely to you and everyone to use. I received nothing for it, but am happy to share something that I found useful for myself. One is also free to self-educate by reading the source code on Github. One can modify it and contribute something back to the community! - Then you can read and respond to funny review comments ; )
    5. ) Thus, it is very easy to see that the source code for this add-on does nothing but open tabs. Unfortunately, that tab usage requires broad privileges in the current implementation of Firefox. If you take umbrage with this, as I did, perhaps you could open another issue with the browser team - add-ons have no control over that.

    -Cheers