[HTTPS-Everywhere] extension unsiged in FF: "HTTPS-Everywhere could not be verified for use in Firefox. Proceed with caution." ?

[Paul Heering]

Even so, that about: config setting is not available in my (stable) Firefox
39 ... maybe only dev or nightly?

On 6 July 2015 at 18:10, Brian Carpenter <brian.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm amused that the workaround is to tell people to make their browser
> less secure. I'm doubly amused that EFF and Mozilla can't get their act
> together and get this extension properly signed even though dozens and
> maybe hundreds of less popular extensions have already been signed and are
> available for use w/o having to go into about:config and disable a security
> setting.
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 11:02 AM, <sjw at gmx.ch> wrote:
>
>>  As a workaround you can set 'xpinstall.signatures.required' to 'false'
>> in about:config.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jonas
>>
>> Am 06.07.2015 um 16:42 schrieb Paul Heering:
>>
>> But it will not be usable in Firefox unless it *is* signed by Mozilla
>> ... will EFF have it signed by Mozilla?
>>
>> On 6 July 2015 at 16:28, Maxim Nazarenko <nz.phone at mail.ru> wrote:
>>
>>>  I guess this is due to HTTPS-Everywhere not being signed by Mozilla.
>>> Note that HTTPS-Everywhere IS signed by EFF providing arguable  even better
>>> security.
>>>
>>>  Best regards,
>>> Maxim Nazarenko
>>>
>>> On 6 July 2015 at 17:01, <robert.devanna at nospammail.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've installed HTTPS-Everywhere in Firefox on linux 64.
>>>>
>>>> Currently I'm at v5.0.5 on FF v40.0.
>>>>
>>>> Still seems to work fine, but I notice in the AddOns/Extension pane
>>>> that is now says:
>>>>
>>>>   HTTPS-Everywhere could not be verified for use in Firefox.  Proceed
>>>> with caution.
>>>>
>>>> That's a new display, changed from before.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a different version that's signed that we need to install
>>>> now?  On check-for-updates, there's no new version detected/offered.
>>>>
>>>>  - Rob
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