Mozilla is planning to enhance the development process for Firefox browser extensions by revising its consent dialog policies. Current rules require developers to present detailed consent dialogs whenever extensions access user data, which complicates the user experience and the development process. Senior product manager Alan Byrne emphasizes the need for standardization, arguing that these policies hinder developers and confuse users. Mozilla aims to streamline this process, ensuring user privacy while fostering a clearer, more consistent experience for both developers and users in the Firefox extension ecosystem.
Presently, Mozilla's Add-on policies impose extensive obligations on developers to ensure that when any extension gathers or sends user data, it must present the user a consent dialog.
It's a sensible requirement because browser extensions potentially have access to whatever sensitive data is exposed during web browsing and many in the past have abused this broad level of access.
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