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{{FeatureStatus
Please see [[Features/Security/Low_rights_Firefox]] instead
|Feature name=Opt-in activation for plugins
|Feature stage=On hold
|Feature status=In progress
|Feature health=OK
|Feature status note=Implementation started, but on hold due to other (higher-priority) commitments.
}}
{{FeatureTeam
|Feature product manager=Asa Dotzler
|Feature feature manager=Justin Dolske
|Feature lead engineer=Blair McBride
|Feature security lead=David Chan (dchan)
|Feature privacy lead=Sid Stamm (geekboy)
|Feature qa lead=Paul Silaghi
|Feature ux lead=Alex Limi
}}
{{FeaturePageBody
|Feature overview=Unknown, slow or insecure plugins shouldn't be allowed to run without user interaction.
 
This feature falls primarily in the '''Experience''' category (from the "Discover, Experience, and Connect" vision statement.)
 
Meant to help with multiple scenarios:
 
# Accidental/malicious install: "Hey, we suddenly found a new SketchyWare.dll plugin on your system. Did you actually want to use it?"
# Performance: The "Java makes my system asplode when a page loads, but sometimes I want to use it" problem.
# Security: Users who don't trust Flash, as well as giving us a way to soft-block a plugin that a user needs to use on legit sites (YouTube, intranet, whatever).
 
Chrome already does something similar.
|Feature requirements=* Ability to set autoplay, click-to-play or never play on any plugin
* Built-in whitelist for the most common plugins
|Feature ux design=* Settings: Render this plugin: (Always
|Feature implementation notes=Implementation work starting in {{bug|549697}}.
}}
{{FeatureInfo
|Feature priority=P1
|Feature rank=15
|Feature theme=Product Hardening
|Feature roadmap=Security
|Feature secondary roadmap=User Experience
|Feature list=Desktop
|Feature engineering team=Desktop front-end
}}
{{FeatureTeamStatus
|Feature security status=sec-review-needed
|Feature security health=Assigned
|Feature security notes=assigned to dchan
|Feature privacy notes=Outcomes 1.2 & 2
}}

Revision as of 08:06, 22 February 2012

Please see Features/Security/Low_rights_Firefox instead

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