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		forgotusername on June 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome limits off-store extension installs AFAIK Firefox already has the ability to blacklist offline extensions.

nnethercote on June 10, 2012 [–]

Mozilla does have an extension "blocklist", but it's used very infrequently, mostly for confirmed malware. It also distinguishes between "soft" blocks, which the user can re-enable, and "hard" blocks, which the user cannot.

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