Spread Firefox Co-Founder Slams Tech Giants for Stealth Plug-Ins

Tagged: FireFox, Plug-Ins, Software
Source: PCMAG - Read the full article
Posted: 1 year 24 weeks ago

"Asa Dotzler, co-founder of the Spread Firefox project, is more than a little miffed at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and RockMelt for installing plug-ins into Firefox without first asking for permission from Web surfers. Dotzler made the stealth plug-in discovery when he installed software like Apple iTunes, Google Chrome, and Windows Live Photo Gallery." | more

 

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Thu, 12/02/2010 - 01:31
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falmatrix2r
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why slaming? considering plug ins make people go more to firefox..

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