▲ 330 ▼ Mozilla to Require Data-Collection Disclosure in All New Firefox Extensions (linuxiac.com) submitted 1 year ago by KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago (2 children) They should make it a requestable permission. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I'm not sure if that would be viable technically. They might be able to make requestable the connection requests to outside sources (which I expect is something many extensions use, even those without data collection), but whether those requests relate to data collection is not something that can be determined programmatically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago Yes, all access to outside sources is blocked by default and users are asked on a per URL basis with the author manually requesting each URL access including a reason – with occasional manual validation from Mozilla staff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child) I'm not sure if that would be viable technically. They might be able to make requestable the connection requests to outside sources (which I expect is something many extensions use, even those without data collection), but whether those requests relate to data collection is not something that can be determined programmatically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago Yes, all access to outside sources is blocked by default and users are asked on a per URL basis with the author manually requesting each URL access including a reason – with occasional manual validation from Mozilla staff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago Yes, all access to outside sources is blocked by default and users are asked on a per URL basis with the author manually requesting each URL access including a reason – with occasional manual validation from Mozilla staff. permalink fedilink source parent
