Closed Bug 1424977 Opened 7 years ago Closed 6 years ago

Is the Looking Glass extension a prank?

Categories

(Shield :: Shield Study, defect)

Product:
Shield
Component:
Shield Study
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(firefox57 affected, firefox58 affected, firefox59 affected)

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox57 --- affected
firefox58 --- affected
firefox59 --- affected

People

(Reporter: anaran, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

Debugging an extension of mine in Nightly Firefox on linux using
web-ext run
I notice another extension which looks like the work of creeps.

There is no documentation on this in wiki.mozilla.org.

All I found is that I am not alone:

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/7jh9rv/what_is_looking_glass/

This gives a very unprofessional impression.

Please explain!

Looking Glass 1.0.3

PUG Experience Group (Gregg Lind, Bianca Danforth, Kamyar Ardekani, Matt Grimes, Diana Livits, Jeffrey Kaufman and others) <glind@mozilla.com>

MY REALITY IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN YOURS.
I found about:studies

An earlier study at least has a link to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423784

Why is Looking Glass so untraceable?
Component: WebExtensions: Experiments → Developer Tools: about:debugging
Product: Toolkit → Firefox
Needinfo Gregg Lind per comment 0.
Flags: needinfo?(glind)
It's also discussed here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1194583#answer-1049936

This isn't just in nightly - it is in Fx 57.  

It's fine if this is associated with Shields studies - but you need use a meaningful description - not some random quote that you think might be cute, but isn't.  It's not amusing to the millions of users who are thinking WTF and freaking out.
Found the github repo:
https://github.com/gregglind/addon-wr
Hmm, why was it necessary to even push this out to everyone running Firefox? It looks like it only does something once enabled in about:config. Maybe a mistake?
Component: Developer Tools: about:debugging → Shield Study
Product: Firefox → Shield
Version: Trunk → unspecified
There is supposed to be a tracking bug filed when a shield study is proposed, but I can't find any such bug referring to Looking Glass.

https://mozilla.github.io/shield-studies-docs/study-process/

Can someone link that tracking bug here, please?
(In reply to Ben Kelly [:bkelly] from comment #18)
> Can someone link that tracking bug here, please?

And to the code reviews, as well, please? Presumably this was reviewed by Firefox peers, and ideally add-ons peers.
(In reply to Kris Maglione [:kmag] (long backlog; ping on IRC if you're blocked) from comment #19)
> And to the code reviews, as well, please? Presumably this was reviewed by
> Firefox peers

I am also curious about this. I have been asking around, and have not yet found a single Firefox peer that was involved with this in either implementation or review.
I've been told its bug 1423003, but its currently marked private and I don't have access so I'm not sure.
“Firefox worked with the Mr. Robot team to create a custom experience that would surprise and delight fans of the show and our users. It’s especially important to call out that this collaboration does not compromise our principles or values regarding privacy. The experience does not collect or share any data,” Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, chief marketing officer of Mozilla, said in a statement to Gizmodo. “The experience was kept under wraps to be introduced at the conclusion of the season of Mr. Robot. We gave Mr. Robot fans a unique mystery to solve to deepen their connection and engagement with the show and is only available in Firefox.”
https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-slipped-a-mr-robot-promo-plugin-into-firefox-1821332254
I am closing this bug to comments unless you have editbugs. 

I understand people feel strongly about this, but please don't add noise to signal.

There are two related issues, bug 1425187 and bug 1425171.
Restrict Comments: true
See Also: → 1425819
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(glind)
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Would it be asking too much to get a single sentence for how this was resolved?
(In reply to Adrian Aichner [:anaran] from comment #25)
> Would it be asking too much to get a single sentence for how this was
> resolved?

The "experiment" was terminated ahead of schedule and the extension should be gone from all Firefox installations by now.
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