Mozilla announces ban on Firefox extensions containing obfuscated code (zdnet.com) 64 points by snaky 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] drenvuk 7y ago ↗ Looks like wasm will start to be the default then. [–] jraph 7y ago ↗ From the article:> We will continue to allow minified, concatenated, or otherwise machine-generated code as long as the source code is included.If I understand correctly, Wasm will be allowed as long as the original source code is provided. [–] londons_explore 7y ago ↗ Unless Mozilla runs build bots for these extensions, it will be impossible to prove that the compiled code and the uncompiled code match.
[–] jraph 7y ago ↗ From the article:> We will continue to allow minified, concatenated, or otherwise machine-generated code as long as the source code is included.If I understand correctly, Wasm will be allowed as long as the original source code is provided. [–] londons_explore 7y ago ↗ Unless Mozilla runs build bots for these extensions, it will be impossible to prove that the compiled code and the uncompiled code match.
[–] londons_explore 7y ago ↗ Unless Mozilla runs build bots for these extensions, it will be impossible to prove that the compiled code and the uncompiled code match.
[–] parliament32 7y ago ↗ Pretty hypocritical considering they're fine with obfuscated blobs running DRM (EME).
4 comments
[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 24.5 ms ] thread> We will continue to allow minified, concatenated, or otherwise machine-generated code as long as the source code is included.
If I understand correctly, Wasm will be allowed as long as the original source code is provided.