sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 days agoMozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorshiptheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziplinux@lemmy.mlfirefox@fedia.io
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkMozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorshiptheintercept.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziplinux@lemmy.mlfirefox@fedia.io
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-216 days agobecause it’s either do that or block all of firefox from existing in russia. besides it’s not really a big deal since firefox can install extensions outside of mozilla add-ons. the intercept is just sensational trash.
minus-squareRose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·16 days agoInstagram is banned and blocked in Russia but it hasn’t stopped the people from using it at all.
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoI disagree with that. Surely there is someone, somewhere who is unable or deterred from using Instagram in Russia because of the ban.
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·16 days ago firefox can install extensions outside of mozilla add-ons release builds cannot and all extensions not signed by Mozilla will refuse to install
minus-squareazuth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·15 days agoThe addons on the store are signed and you can install them from an xpi file in regular Firefox. Try it.
minus-squareRandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·16 days agoOn mobile that may be the case, but on desktop you can definitely install extensions not signed by Mozilla
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-216 days agoonly until restart. to load unsigned extensions persistently, you must use nightly or developer edition and enable a hidden config flag.
minus-squareRandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoWithout a nightly or dev version I’m running bypass paywalls clean from github, persistently on the latest Firefox desktop release. I do not believe it’s signed by Mozilla, but I could be wrong
minus-squareRandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoOnly reasonable explanation I can come up with is that I installed it before this requirement was made and my install is grandfathered in
because it’s either do that or block all of firefox from existing in russia.
besides it’s not really a big deal since firefox can install extensions outside of mozilla add-ons. the intercept is just sensational trash.
Instagram is banned and blocked in Russia but it hasn’t stopped the people from using it at all.
I disagree with that.
Surely there is someone, somewhere who is unable or deterred from using Instagram in Russia because of the ban.
release builds cannot and all extensions not signed by Mozilla will refuse to install
The addons on the store are signed and you can install them from an xpi file in regular Firefox.
Try it.
On mobile that may be the case, but on desktop you can definitely install extensions not signed by Mozilla
only until restart.
to load unsigned extensions persistently, you must use nightly or developer edition and enable a hidden config flag.
Without a nightly or dev version I’m running bypass paywalls clean from github, persistently on the latest Firefox desktop release. I do not believe it’s signed by Mozilla, but I could be wrong
Only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that I installed it before this requirement was made and my install is grandfathered in
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