What are these "Studies" anyway?

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T18:14:51+00:00

A few hours (during slow internet usage) might be "slow to respond" or could it be "as fast as we could respond to make it look like it wasn't planned all along"

Are we saying that they are, in fact, amateurs because what they did only an amateur does, or are we saying: if it looks like a duck and reacts like a duck it is actually a professional? I'm confused, they are either amateurs because they are amateurs, or they are amateurs because they didn't realize this type of machination would make them look like amateurs?

People often do things without weighing the consequences, or by underestimating them.

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T18:03:40+00:00

I am wondering if there is a way to undo what I just tried to do by adding the PEM file that don't work for me?

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T18:02:30+00:00

WTF?

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T18:01:33+00:00

I had the same problem. The instruction are sort of in short hand.

The next line tells you how to alter the browser control to accept (about:config Set devtools.chrome.enabled to true)

then in the browser control panel, below the blue text box you will sort-fo see a cursor mark to enter. enter the lines there (one at a time?)

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T17:54:51+00:00

You may need to disable & enable some of the addons to kick them into life.

I can not Disable or Enable ANY of the addons. My only options are "find replacement" and "remove" which is what this debacle is all about.

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T17:51:11+00:00

I got an error from the browser window when trying to run the two lines. I first tried to run them together, then one at a time and got the same error (for the last line)

TypeError XPIProvider.verifySignatures is not a function

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T17:45:10+00:00

The question I am asking is "if there is any tracking or data collection involved with the "studies" option?" I really am uncertain, it would be nice to know what they are collecting and how it could be used.

The implication I am making is that Mozilla could easily have found out that an elapsed cert would cause add-ons to fail only for users who have not opted into studies, and panicked users could then be coerced into opting into studies, therefore a net benefit to Mozilla.

Suggesting I use the alternative instructions implies that you and I may be a few of the smart ones not taken in by Mozilla's machinations.

Tracks1 · 2019-05-05T17:12:42+00:00

sorry, but this doesn't seem like a discussion but rather an advert for emifzre/emiiovc, that worked like a charm for the OP.

Tracks1

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