Mozilla snuffs password pilfering Firefox add-on Mozilla has disabled and block-listed a Firefox add-on containing code that nabs login data sent to any website and reroutes it to a remote server. The add-on — known as, um, Mozilla Sniffer — was uploaded to the Firefox add-on site on June 6, and the malicious code was discovered on Monday, after which the add-on was block- …
Not really, providing a bare-bones browser and augmenting it with different features as required on a per user basis sounds great in principle. Sadly Firefox has strayed rather far from this.
I don't think there's any such thing as a "great" browser (at the moment) ... they all exist with varying degrees of tolerability. Extensible browsers such as Firefox rank a little higher due to the wide range of customisation options available, but suffer the downside of badly written and/or malicious add-ons.
To my mind, Firefox would be far improved by returning to its simplistic roots, spinning out much of the bloat to optional, Mozilla sanctioned add-ons. A small subset of the most popular/beneficial 3rd party add-ons could also be brought into the fold with development overseen by Mozilla such that high standards are maintained.
Add to that a decent system for vetting other add-ons for malciousness allowing publication on the site, anything else can be manually installed by the brave from off-site locations.
Lofty ideals; do I think it'll happen? Nah.
... why does EVERY other major browser maker do it? Even Chrome.
They might not implement add-ons in the same way but they all have them - so it's the implementation that's flawed rather than the idea ... and oh, what is it that Mozilla are rectifying? Oh, yes, the implementation.
Sheesh.
The quality of the description might have given a clue:
"View and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers it's base on tamper data but many problems have been solved in this version .
in tamper data u may get empty page and don't get any informations in the addon
this problem have been solved
if you have any advices please tell me,
John"
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