850360 - IE View add-on latest updates silently added ads injection

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)

Description

[Thomas Bertels]

Since version 1.5.2 or later, the IE View add-on (https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/ie-view) injects ads in webpages without user consent.
The versions 1.5.2 and later are now marked as not reviewed, but since most users are already on version 1.5.5 (https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/ie-view/statistics/), this is not enough.

Requesting at least soft block, since this ads injection change has been made without user consent.

Comment 1

[Thomas Bertels]

Per https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting:
The following are not reasons to block an add-on:
- Inclusion of advertisements or other "spyware" tactics, *unless users did not choose to install the software or were not made aware of the offending functionality.*

Comment 2

[Jorge Villalobos [:jorgev] (he/him)]

We requested the developer to submit new versions for all of their add-ons in order to reset the opt-in pref so no users will continue to see unwanted ads. Once those versions pass review, the problem should be fixed when users update.

We won't blocklist this extension since it's much better to fix the problem through auto-updates.