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This is a complicated issue and the decision was driven mainly by privacy and security concerns. | This is a complicated issue and the decision was driven mainly by privacy and security concerns. | ||
We understand that most users (possibly even an overwhelming majority of them) will want add-on sync to | We understand that most users (possibly even an overwhelming majority of them) will want add-on sync to ''just work'' when they upgrade to a Firefox that supports it. However, there are a number of issues with this. | ||
Most of the issues center around unexpected behavior when syncing add-ons for the first time. It is possible for an existing Sync user to unknowingly launch a Firefox version that supports add-on sync (where the previous version didn't). This could be due to silent Firefox updates, a system upgrade performed by an IT administrator, another user on the machine upgrading Firefox, etc. The first time this device synchronizes, it could pull down add-ons from another device (again, it is possible the other device had add-on sync configured unbeknownst to the user). There are a few issues here: | Most of the issues center around unexpected behavior when syncing add-ons for the first time. It is possible for an existing Sync user to unknowingly launch a Firefox version that supports add-on sync (where the previous version didn't). This could be due to silent Firefox updates, a system upgrade performed by an IT administrator, another user on the machine upgrading Firefox, etc. The first time this device synchronizes, it could pull down add-ons from another device (again, it is possible the other device had add-on sync configured unbeknownst to the user). There are a few issues here: | ||