• moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    Reminder that Firefox nightly and Fennec (Mull should be fine too) can install add-ons from file on Android.

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        You need to activate the developers options/debug menu:

        Settings -> About Fennec -> tap on the fennec logo multiple times

        Go back to settings the option to install from files should appear.

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          Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t see any option to install from files with Fennec? Only from a collection. And it seems you can’t add bypass paywalls clean to a collection because it’s not in the AMO.

          Edit: nvm had to update Fennec

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          Ah, and here I was thinking installing addons from file was impossible on Android. Thanks!

  • Ⓑⓡⓞⓚⓔⓝ@lemdro.id
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    8 months ago

    How do I install this on Firefox desktop and Firefox Android? I remember there was an extension for Firefox the last time I checked. Now I cannot find the extension on the Mozilla store.

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      If you are using Firefox just go to the github repo that someone linked above, go to “Releases” and then download the clean-latest.xpi file. Firefox will install it for you.

      If using Chrome, I would guess it to be the same, but the right file would be the .crx one.

      If you are not using Firefox+uBO you really should, though!

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    8 months ago

    I installed it but I am clueless on how to use it. If someone can give a short explanation on how to actually use this extension then that would be marvelous!

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    8 months ago

    Why does it ask to access MY data in so many sites? According to Firefox, that includes passwords

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      8 months ago

      These extensions work first by looking at the contents of the page you’re on to detect a paywall, and then make modifications to the page that remove the paywall. There’s no way for the browser-creators to guarantee that the extension isn’t also silently adding a hidden element that captures everything that you type into that website, in addition to the paywal removal, so they’re basically trying to warn you such a thing could happen.

      And that is a genuine risk from every extension in the addons store, but I would say that risk is potentially even higher with a piracy extension installed from a github relese. (Not this one in particular per se, which I have no opinion about, just in general.) If it makes you uncomfortable, a reasonable compromise could be to create a new browser profile for use only with this extension, or maybe even use a different browser entirely than your daily driver.