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From: Monsieur <Monsieur@notreal.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Upgrade rant
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:59:29 +0100
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Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 27/01/2025 17:12, Monsieur wrote:

>> Extensions requesting this permission might:
>>
>> - Change every aspect of Thunderbird’s user interface
>> - Read and modify all your data (messages, contacts, calendars, web
>> content and passwords)
>> - Read, modify and execute any file on your computer
>>
>> That's like installing a backdoor on your computer and giving the key to
>> a total stranger. If I had known this before, I would have removed it a
>> long time ago. It is useful and I liked it, but this is really going too
>> far in my opinion.
>>
>> How is this even permitted? Why on earth would a simple extension  need
>> all those permissions? I find this totally unacceptable.
> 
> It seems pretty strange, but the explanation is here:
> <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/permission-request-messages-thunderbird-extensions#w_have-full-unrestricted-access-to-thunderbird-and-your-computer> 

That's where I copied the text from. Still it doesn't explain anything. 
Why does an extension need all those rights when its job is to just keep 
Thunderbird running? That's just not okay, they are backdoors.


> FWIW, I have only four extensions and they all state "Have full, 
> unrestricted access to Thunderbird, and your computer".

I moved to Linux to get rid of all the sneaky spying from Microsoft, I 
don't want to repeat that on Linux. Read and modify all my data and 
execute any file on my computer, without me knowing who's behind it? No 
thank you, I will find another way of adding this function to TB - or 
find another e-mail program altogether.