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> I wonder if we have enough information when dispatching the WebChannel message
> here [...] to detect that it's coming from an iframe or other unexpected source

:pauljt talked through this with me a bit, and it doesn't sound like there's much we could do here; if the child process is sufficiently compromised blown then it can make itself indistinguishable from a "good" login page.

I think the right path forward on the FxA front is Bug 1538024, removing the ability for web content to sign the browser in to sync.
> I wonder if we have enough information when dispatching the WebChannel message
> here [...] to detect that it's coming from an iframe or other unexpected source

:pauljt talked through this with me a bit, and it doesn't sound like there's much we could do here; if the child process is sufficiently compromised then it can make itself indistinguishable from a "good" login page.

I think the right path forward on the FxA front is Bug 1538024, removing the ability for web content to sign the browser in to sync.

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