[eklavya]

I can totally see why such a thing would be required. I have always wanted to have add-ons vetted by someone I can trust. This will be really effective at least on windows where softwares randomly install shitty add ons and hijack the browser. And mozilla not likely to give in to unreasonable requests from governments because if they are not then add ons should be the least of our worries.

[kbart]

"I have always wanted to have add-ons vetted by someone I can trust."

That's fine, but what about those, who want to homebrew their own plug-ins, experiment with something from GitHub etc? Mozilla could make signed plug-ins a default choice, but not prevent others. A good model, imho, is implemented on Android -- your (only) default choice is Google Play, but if you know what you are doing, you can install any app from anywhere. This way users, that need a hand holding, are protected, but more tech savvy ones will not have their freedom denied.

[eklavya]

That is allowed, only the android browser is restricted, there too you can run anything on the beta version.

[shiftpgdn]

My Chrome profile is current infected with malware due to Google's laissez-faire attitude towards their app store. I consider myself a pretty tech savvy user and still managed to get infected.

A bit of vetting for add-ons is probably a good thing in the long run.

[nsgi]

Is it something you can't uninstall?

[shiftpgdn]

Is there a way to manage your chrome profile from Firefox or IE?