Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs Firefox promoting malware in their extensions page?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1imageIs Firefox promoting malware in their extensions page?lemmy.worldWispy2891@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
Link is this: https://addons.mozilla.org/it/android/addon/get-tamper-monkey/ How can feature something like that?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoThe extension entry that OP is talking about seems to be pretending to be Tampermonkey, when it’s not. This is the real Tampermonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tampermonkey/
minus-squarenate3d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoOh wow that’s a good catch I didn’t even notice it at first. Thanks!
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s also my fault for the misunderstanding because I posted without full explanation
The extension entry that OP is talking about seems to be pretending to be Tampermonkey, when it’s not.
This is the real Tampermonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tampermonkey/
Oh wow that’s a good catch I didn’t even notice it at first. Thanks!
That’s how they get ya!
It’s also my fault for the misunderstanding because I posted without full explanation