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Privacyfix

Privacyfix

Posted Oct 25, 2012 21:31 UTC (Thu) by gmaxwell (guest, #30048)
Parent article: Privacyfix

I can't find a link to the source on their website.

Is this proprietary software like ghostery? Why is no one else even asking this question??

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Privacyfix

Posted Oct 25, 2012 23:30 UTC (Thu) by jimparis (guest, #38647) [Link]

Because the lack of source was already alluded to in the article:

The plug-in is free as in beer, but while the web site mentions some collaborations with open source projects, no mention is made of the plug-in itself as being under a free license; one assumes that it is not.

Firefox add-on *is* source

Posted Oct 29, 2012 15:15 UTC (Mon) by CChittleborough (subscriber, #60775) [Link]

Firefox extensions are almost always shipped as .xpi files, which are ZIP archives containing Javascript, CSS, etc ... plus, in rare cases, machine-specific compiled code. The Privacyfix add-on is not one of those rare cases. OTOH, it contains over 150,000 lines of Javascript, so reading it would take a while. (Based on a quick glance at a few random files, the code is nicely formatted and even has comments.)


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