Closed Bug 1196671 Opened 9 years ago Closed 9 years ago

a password instead of mandatory signing for add-ons

Categories

(Firefox :: Security, enhancement)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Security
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: micheludt, Unassigned)

References

Details

For security purposes, extensions should require a password to be installed.
Not apple-like madness with centralized mandatory signing.

Maybe i'm completely deluded, but i find requiring a password more reasonable then mandatory signing.

I would like to hear at least some reasoning, why the developers believe that centralized mandatory signing is beater then a password!!!
Users does not have the ability to identify the source and safety of add-ons, there is almost no differences with a warning.

And, the significantly increases the user barrier, and is not easily achieved at the program level for a permission mechanism rather than a signature verification mechanism.
Blocks: signed-addons
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Summary: a password Instead of mandatory signing → a password instead of mandatory signing for add-ons
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