Add "Access IP address and hostname information" to "Permission request messages for Firefox extensions"
Categories
(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Content, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
People
(Reporter: gwarser, Unassigned)
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Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:75.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/75.0
Steps to reproduce:
Installing/updating uBlock Origin to version 1.25.0 causes new permission request "Access IP address and hostname information" which is required by dns.resolve()
Actual results:
People are afraid this extension is asking for their computer IP address and hostname and have problem to find any info about this permission:
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/reviews/?score=1
- https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/f8zqw7/how_much_people_use_ublock_with_tor/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/f8tfnx/this_is_ok/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/f8p2cx/new_permissions_request_ip_address_and_hostname/
This permission is not described on help page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/permission-request-messages-firefox-extensions
Expected results:
Better wording of permission name, description of the permission on Firefox help pages.
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/908
There's no explanation of this permission anywhere (and whats it used for inside ublock) including https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/permission-request-messages-firefox-extensions
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Comment 2•5 years ago
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One key problem with current wording is many people think uBO wants to know their specific IP address -- while this is of course not the case. I had to add this warning in uBO's description of the dns permission to make this clear:
Important: the statement "IP address" refers to the IP address of the servers to which your browser connects, NOT your specific IP address. uBO has no access to (and no need to know) your specific IP address.
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Comment 3•5 years ago
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Related: Bug 1617873
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Comment 4•5 years ago
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Updated•5 years ago
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