When we surf the Internet or use programs related to the online world, both security and privacy are two sections with which we must be careful. This is due to the fact that programs such as Edge, Chrome or Firefox are saving more and more sensitive information.
There are many elements that can put these data to which we refer at risk, functions that we could not even imagine as dangerous. Well, in the case that concerns us in these lines we want to focus on Mozilla software. We refer to the popular Firefox browser, specifically its extensions.
As many of you already know, these are additions that we implement in the program as such in order to increase its versatility. Most of these small programs do what they say, without more, but this is not always the case. That is why now the aforementioned Mozilla is introducing an important change in this sense. We tell you this because the firm has just introduced two new brands for add-ons that will soon reach all web browser users soon. These will appear in the official extension store as well as in the plugin manager of the web browser.
Firefox adds trust marks to extensions
It is worth mentioning that these two brands are in addition to those already available. At the moment the recommended accessories carry their own brand that informs us of this. This indicates to users that this plug-in is part of the program itself. Thus, what is achieved is to convey that the marked extensions are free of malware and comply with the highest security standards .
On the other hand, extensions that are not in the program show a warning message. It warns that this add-on has not been analyzed by Mozilla to confirm its security. In this way they inform us that we make sure of its reliability before installing it. But of course, this is something we see even in add-ons created by Mozilla itself, which doesn’t make much sense.
So, in order to fix this and reduce confusion, Mozilla has now decided to create a new brand that says By Firefox . What this tells us is those are the extensions created by the members of the organization in a special way. To say that some of these brands By Firefox are already beginning to be seen in the repository of extensions. Of course, at the moment only some of the Mozilla add-ons have it right now. We assume that little by little this is something that will reach all the elements of this type of your property.
At the same time we will tell you that this is something that is now being used with extensions, only. And is that the browser themes do not show the new brand mentioned. Another that is also beginning to arrive is that of Verified . It highlights the extensions that are part of Mozilla’s currently experimental package. We refer to the paid program that developers and companies can join to have their extensions reviewed and promoted by Mozilla itself.
It is easy to deduce then that the Verified brand highlights the accessories that are part of that program that we are commenting on.
