269030 - Add Extension: A9 Toolbar

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[Jonathan Leblang]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Build Identifier: 

    "A9 Toolbar": { 
URL: "http://client.a9.com/toolbar/mozilla/en/a9toolbar.xpi",
                    IconURL: "http://a9.com/-/images/logo-a9-32.gif",
                    toString: function () { return this.URL; }

Works with Firefox 1.0PR, 1.0RC1, 1.0RC2, and 1.0+
(mac, linux, PC)

DESCRIPTION:

 About the A9 Toolbar
The A9 Toolbar is loaded with features that make searching and browsing the 
internet easier than ever. Features include:

    * Search the web directly from your browser
    * Use the Diary to leave notes on any web page, which you can later access 
from any computer
    * Bookmarks—located on the server—so you can access them from anywhere
    * Automatic List feature to ease search result navigation
    * Check your browsing and search History from anywhere
    * Get related links and ratings with Site Info
    * Highlight any term on the page



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Wolf [:wolf]]

Author Information is missing here. :-/
Whos the author name you want shown and what e-mail address for the update account?

Comment 2

[Jonathan Leblang]

Author: A9.com

what is the e-mail for update account?  Is this a public facing e-mail or one 
just used by mozilla.org?  If just used by mozilla.org, use [e-mail].  
If public, use [e-mail]

Comment 3

[Wolf [:wolf]]

It's not public facing. It's used for the upcoming Developer Control panel login
and related mail *only*. So, I'll use "[e-mail]". It can be changed later
if need be.

Comment 4

[Wolf [:wolf]]

OK, Added it to the site. (Give it up to a half-hour for the Mozilla FTP Mirrors
to pick up the file.) If you have any updates reopen this bug and I'll add them.
Thanks.

Comment 5

[Steffen Wilberg]

from http://toolbar.a9.com/-/company/toolbar-tou.jsp:

INFORMATION COLLECTED AND STORED BY A9.COM'S TOOLBAR SERVICE

A9.COM'S TOOLBAR SERVICE COLLECTS AND STORES FULL UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS
("URLS") FOR EVERY WEB PAGE THAT YOU VIEW WHILE USING THE A9.COM TOOLBAR
SERVICE. THESE URLS SOMETIMES INCLUDE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. URLS
FROM SECURE (HTTPS) WEB PAGES ARE NOT COLLECTED. BY COLLECTING URLS, A9.COM
TRACKS AND COLLECTS A RECORD OF USERS' WEB BROWSING ACTIVITY WITHIN AND ACROSS
WEBSITES. A9.COM ALSO COLLECTS AND STORES OTHER USER INFORMATION YOU GIVE A9.COM
WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION YOU ENTER INTO THE
TOOLBAR SERVICE. BECAUSE A9.COM IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AMAZON.COM,
INC., A9.COM IS ABLE TO CORRELATE INFORMATION IT COLLECTS WITH PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION THAT AMAZON.COM HAS, AND AMAZON.COM HAS ACCESS TO
INFORMATION COLLECTED BY A9.COM. AMONG OTHER THINGS, A9.COM AND AMAZON.COM USE
THIS INFORMATION TO CUSTOMIZE, PERSONALIZE, AND OTHERWISE IMPROVE THE SERVICES
THEY PROVIDE TO YOU.


I understand that the toolbar needs to track urls to accomplish some of its
features (http://a9.com/-/company/whatsCool.jsp), but some users call this
"spyware", as you can already see in the comments section of this extension. 
There should be, at the very least, a big warning and a link to the above
mentioned document or their privacy policy
(http://toolbar.a9.com/-/company/privacypolicy.jsp).

Comment 6

[Jonathan Leblang]

Please add below the last bullet:

Note: Certain features of the A9 Toolbar require that URL information be sent 
to A9.com's servers.  Please read the <a href="http://toolbar.a9.com/-
/company/toolbar-tou.jsp">A9 Toolbar Terms of Use</a> for more information.

Comment 7

[Wolf [:wolf]]

Per E-Mail with Rafael, A9 Toolbar has been removed from update.mozilla.org.

Comment 8

[alanjstr]

Should this bug be closed then?  And why is it assigned to someone without the
ability to upload to UMO?

Comment 9

[Wolf [:wolf]]

It's was reassigned per instructions in Rafael's e-mail. Since it's not posted,
I don't feel it should be closed by us, it's up to the Extension Author to decide.

Comment 10

[Wolf [:wolf]]

Bulk Moving Extension/Theme listing bugs to new component.
(Filter: masslistingspam)

Comment 11

[alanjstr]

Either this is going to be uploaded or not.  Someone please make a decision.

Comment 12

[Wolf [:wolf]]

Alan, don't reassign bugs w/o the assignees permission.

Comment 13

[alanjstr]

cbeard -
What's Legal's opinion on this?

Comment 14

[alanjstr]

Please use the Developer Control Panel to upload your addon
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/developers/

Comment 15

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

AMO BUGSPAM FOR COMPONENT MOVE AND DELETE (FILTER ME)