On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 21:10:59 +0000 Nunostc <nunostc@xxxxxxxxx> allegedly wrote: > A thing I normally do when browsing the web using Debian that does no > support HTML5 is install the plugin Download Helper to download the > videos so I can watch them offline. That works very good. I would like > to know if there is any risk using Download Helper? > > Here is the link to the plugin: > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/ > Adding /any/ untested/untrusted browser addon to torbrowser or tails is generally considered a bad idea. See https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBOtherExtensions And in the case of this specific extension it might be particularly unwise. I haven't used this for a while, but ISTR that when I last tried it it appeared to call home when in use. Others may be able to confirm/deny this. Best Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick Morgan gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 http://baldric.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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