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Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on any site (lapcatsoftware.com)
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[โ€“] where_am_i 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

extensions are already disabled on Firefox help website. No dark reader will work there. They probably extended that capability into an actual backdoor.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Last time I checked companies don't share backdoors they've added in release notes.