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Will the new Google plugin start installing their spyware?

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pjwest
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I keep Google off all my devices due to their privacy policy and tendency to make installations without your permission. Quite disappointed Mozilla chooses to associate with them.

I keep Google off all my devices due to their privacy policy and tendency to make installations without your permission. Quite disappointed Mozilla chooses to associate with them.

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philipp
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hi, in case you're referring to the widevine video decoder - no of course it won't contain any spyware by google - it's running in a sandbox: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/

in case you do not like it nevertheless you can disable the support for tdrm-protected/crippled media in the firefox menu ≡ > options > content panel: Watch DRM content on Firefox

James
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You can type in about:plugins in Location (address) bar to see where the Plugins Firefox is making use of is located on your system.