Open Bug 1306352 Opened 8 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Add a permission to allow sites to download multiple files automatically

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect, P3)

defect

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People

(Reporter: Paolo, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs)

Details

This is the main implementation bug for protecting the user from sites that try to download multiple files automatically.

We should keep count of how many downloads are started per origin, and pick a conservative maximum count that triggers the permission prompt.
Blocks: 1306355
Add to product backlog.
Priority: -- → P3

This works on Chromium. Just tested on Humble Bundle to download ~15 books at once. By comparison, on Firefox Nightly, a single file is downloaded, then nothing happens.

Paolo, if you read this, what needs to be done here, exactly?

Flags: needinfo?(paolo.mozmail)

The description in bug 1306334 comment 2 and the following ones should still be generally correct. Some practical work started later in bug 1463527, and may be good to look at in order to have some more recent context, but at the moment I don't think that project is still active. Hope this helps!

Flags: needinfo?(paolo.mozmail)
Severity: normal → S3
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