Starting November 3, all new Firefox extensions must declare whether they collect or share user data, ensuring greater transparency for users.
  • pHr34kY@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    14 days ago

    This is a great change. I wonder how long before the hate brigade comes along to complain.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        14 days ago

        Some extensions have a verified/recommended by Mozilla seal of approval, so these extensions would be checked by a human to see that they comply.

        Obviously they can’t check every update of every extension in existence, but even just the above is an improvement and certainly not useless.

        I don’t think this could be enforced by the API without also seriously limiting what extensions can do, which people would go crazy about if they did.

  • This2ShallPass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    14 days ago

    It is possible that any developer could just say “none” even if the extension does collect data? If it has to be manually disclosed, this won’t stop malicious actors. Only trustworthy extension developers would disclose this.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    14 days ago

    The only issue with this otherwise great idea is that “the developer says, that…”. A browser API should have a way to only grant certain rights when this is technically disclosed, e.g. an extension can only access location data if this is (formally) declared, and must be able to cope without it if the user or any global policy disallows it.