Re: [tor-bugs] #6021 [TorBirdy]: disable addons

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#6021: disable addons
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 Reporter:  proper    |          Owner:  ioerror
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  critical  |      Milestone:         
Component:  TorBirdy  |        Version:         
 Keywords:            |         Parent:         
   Points:            |   Actualpoints:         
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Several. Here's the top 5:

 1. Unlike plugins, addons tend not to be available to be used by random
 websites to do random things.
 2. Even when they do interact with websites, web pages, and web services,
 they always obey browser proxy settings (unless they are actively
 malicious themselves).
 3. Users would hate us. They installed their addons because they wanted
 them, and suddenly some/all of their other addons are magically disabled
 because they installed ours? I suppose we could ask first, but:
 4. Scope. I didn't want to get into the business of auditing thousands of
 addons.
 5. This is why we now ship TBB with our fixed set instead of relying only
 on Torbutton. However, I still think it is a good idea to let users
 install arbitrary addons of their choice, even into TBB.

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