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From: Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee>
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Subject: Re: Suddenly all extensions are deemed "corrupted"
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:19:08 +0100
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David E. Ross wrote:
> On 3/15/2025 11:45 AM, Frank Miller wrote:
>> jetjock wrote:
>>> On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:55:36 +0100, "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>> 
>>>> My (ancient version of) FF has a(n about:config) setting to ignore signing 
>>>> of extensions.  Maybe your version of FF still has the same ?
>> 
>>>   Would it be possible to be more specific about the about:config
>>> setting referenced above? Thankfully, my 108.0.1 64 bit on Win 7, is
>>> still working but I'd like to be prepared should it stop. 
>>>
>>>  I looked, but didn't see any setting that I could be confident was
>>> the right one. Don't like messing with things if I don't know what I'm
>>> messing with!  :-)
>> 
>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-on-signing-in-firefox?as=u&utm_source=inproduct#w_what-can-i-do-if-firefox-disables-an-installed-add-on
>> 
> 
> I had the extension uBlock Origin installed in Firefox 115.0.
> Yesterday, I noticed the icon for it had disappeared from the upper
> right corner of the Firefox window.  Today, I looked at Firefox's
> Add-ons Manager and saw that uBlock was disabled.
> 
> I followed the link given above and set "xpinstall.signatures.required"
> to false.  Then I went to the Web site for uBlock Origin and requested
> to install the extension.  It installed version 1.62.0, and I got the
> icon.
> 
> When I terminated Firefox and later launched it again, the icon was
> gone.  The Add-ons Manager showed uBlock disabled.  I checked via
> about:config and saw that "xpinstall.signatures.required" was indeed
> false.  I tried installing uBlock again from its Web site but got a
> message that the extension was corrupt.

The support for FF 115 is dropped in August this year anyway.
So get used to the fact that you have to use a real ancient FF or an
up to date FF then. More flexible configuration versus more security.
It's your choice.