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Firefox Nightly for Android lets you install add-ons from files (www.ghacks.net)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What's the catch? AFAIK, you can't even do that on desktop without manual reactivating the add-on every restart.

Edit: "you should be aware that you can't use it to install unsigned add-ons. Mozilla believes they are security risks" There it is. What's even the point of this? If you have to sign it, might as well just publish it. I want to run my own plugins without a central authority. I'll worry about my own security.