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Anti-phishing as default plugin not permanent feature

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 * [[User:chiklit|chiklit]]: This has probably been said tons of times but it would be nice to see a reduction in memory usage in Firefox 2.0. Just in viewing this page with no other tabs open FF is using nearly 50mb of memory, while the same page on IE or Opera uses nearly half that.
+== Anti-phishing as default plugin not permanent feature ==
+I want to propose that features such as Anti-phishing is added as a default plugin that can be removed as any other plugin. Whereas I am totally for having Anti-phishing pre-installed in a new Firefox install, I see it as a major problem if we don't make it easy to disable or remove the function.
+There are potential privacy concerns involved as it might be required the browser to lookup information about a page/site in a central database, leaving traces of where a user surf on intranets as well as on the Internet. There are also many existing anti-phishing plugins. As needs might be different, it might be better to create a uncomplicated general anti-phishing solution for the average person and give alternatives for more advanced users.
+Firefox aims be lean and mean, and as such should not have too many integral parts. Default plugins rather than built-in features should therefore be preferred.