In short, Mozilla makes every effort to ensure that the extensions we offer are trustworthy. It’s also why we make sure users can understand exactly what permissions they’ve granted to those extensions and what parts of their browser they can access. It’s why Firefox extensions written to the WebExtensions API are limited in their abilities and have good oversight, including automatic and manual review. Our users’ freedom to customize their browser – their “user agent” – and to personalize their experience on the web can also be exploited by malicious actors to compromise users’ security and privacy.Īt Mozilla, we continually strive to honor both principles.
We’ve made the decision to support extensions, but it is definitely a balancing act. Extensions are a real-world manifestation of one of Mozilla’s core principles - that individuals must have the ability to shape the internet and their experiences on it.Īnother of Mozilla’s core principles is that an individual’s security and privacy on the internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional. Some provide amusement for a short time, while others have become indispensable to my work and life. Nearly every day I come across a new Firefox extension that customizes my browser in some creative way I’d never even considered.
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