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General Software Discussion / Mozilla shoots itself in foot
« on: May 04, 2019, 07:43 AM »
Firefox survives in today's Chromium dominated browser world mainly because of the wealth of useful extensions available for it, many of which have no Chrome/Chromium equivalent.
So today, many Firefox users woke up to find that all of their extensions had been disabled and could neither be used nor re-installed. This turns out to be the result of a certificate checking bug at Mozillla.
ghacks has a good description of the problem here.
As I write this, nearly 12 hours later, Mozilla still has only a temporary fix involving enabling Studies in the Privacy & Security Options.
So today, many Firefox users woke up to find that all of their extensions had been disabled and could neither be used nor re-installed. This turns out to be the result of a certificate checking bug at Mozillla.
ghacks has a good description of the problem here.
As I write this, nearly 12 hours later, Mozilla still has only a temporary fix involving enabling Studies in the Privacy & Security Options.