Does the old gitlab version still receive updates, if still installed, like the removed Mozilla addon store one?
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!
Why does it ask to access MY data in so many sites? According to Firefox, that includes passwords
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.
That’s not a correct interpretation of the permission:
Access your data for sites in the “named” domain
The extension could read the content of web pages you visit in the specified domain, as well as data you enter into those web pages, such as usernames and passwords.
It requires permission to modify said domains to remove the paywall from their articles.
Reminder that Firefox nightly and Fennec (Mull should be fine too) can install add-ons from file on Android.
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.
Ah, and here I was thinking installing addons from file was impossible on Android. Thanks!
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
