Re: [tor-talk] No BetterPrivacy for Tor?

[Joe Btfsplk <joebtfsplk@xxxxxxx>]

On 8/2/2011 6:54 AM, M Robinson wrote:
> Hello,
>
>          I updated Tor and was adding few addons, out of habit I went to
> the BetterPrivacy add-on page and got this message
>
> > This add-on has been removed by its author
> so tried again
>
> > We're sorry, but we can't find what you're looking for.
> >
> > The page or file you requested wasn't found on our site. It's possible that you clicked a link that's out of date, or typed in the address incorrectly.
> So, is this a Tor thing or is Mozilla selectively blocking add-ons by
> country of origin? If I don't use Tor this add-on is available.
When you say, "out of habit I went to the BetterPrivacy add-on page...", 
did you mean the AMO site, or developer's home page,  http://netticat.ath.cx

Well, as I read your post I saw there was an update for BetterPrivacy 
avail.  Curious, I looked at the AMO site - I didn't get any msg nor 
found the Better Privacy addon.  So, found these couple of non 
definitive blurbs on developer's forum:
> For safety and update-reliability it is always recommended to install 
> any software directly from the developer sites. Especially on AMO this 
> is no longer granted since the site started to modify the original 
> add-on compatibility information based on automatic scans - though 
> they admitted that those scans might be unreliable when it comes to 
> GUI 
> <http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/04/19/add-on-compatibility-rapid-releases/>. 
> Therefore I'm even considering to completely remove my add-ons from 
> there.
Also, a user posted question like yours on developer's forum today - but 
no response yet:
http://netticat.ath.cx/forum/viewtopic.php?id=485
>       Today 20:33:01
>       <http://netticat.ath.cx/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1720#p1720>
>
>   * Guest
>
> Thank you for BP 1.66, which I downloaded directly from 'your' site, 
> after experiencing the freezing issues with 1.65.  (I also have TACO 
> installed.)
> I am concerned, however, that the Mozilla Add On site has the 
> following note for this add-on:
> "This add-on has been removed by its author."
> Should I be uninstalling it?
> Please advise.
> Thank you.


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