Wispy2891@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs Firefox promoting malware in their extensions page?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageIs Firefox promoting malware in their extensions page?lemmy.worldWispy2891@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
Link is this: https://addons.mozilla.org/it/android/addon/get-tamper-monkey/ How can feature something like that?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months 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-up11·2 months agoOh wow that’s a good catch I didn’t even notice it at first. Thanks!
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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