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  <updated>2009-11-23T17:31:18Z</updated>
  <title>Comments for Cartoon: When Firefox Add-ons Attack</title>
  
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    <published>2009-02-02T02:58:09Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-02T03:08:32Z</updated>
    <title>Cartoon: When Firefox Add-ons Attack</title>
    <summary>It dawned on me this week: I&apos;m cautious as hell about my Twitter credentials. Paranoid about my Facebook activity stream... And yet all you have to do is tell me there&apos;s an alpha of a Firefox add-on that will let me track my neighbors&apos; toast consumption habits or plan birthday parties for the guppies at...</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Rob Cottingham</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/firefox_logo_jan09.jpg" />It dawned on me this week: I'm cautious as hell about my Twitter credentials. Paranoid about my Facebook activity stream... And yet all you have to do is tell me there's an alpha of a <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/">Firefox add-on</a> that will let me track my neighbors' toast consumption habits or plan birthday parties for the guppies at my kid's daycare, and I'm installing it without a second thought.</p>

<p>Do we all have our personal blind spots when it comes to security?</p>]]>
      <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/2009-02-01-extension.gif" /></p>

<p><em><a href="http://www.socialsignal.com/n2s">More Noise to Signal</a></em></p>]]>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125087</id>
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    <title>Comment from Devin Johnston on 2009-02-01</title>
    <author>
        <name>Devin Johnston</name>
        <uri>http://devinjohnston.ca</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>For some weird reason, I'm actually really liberal with my Twitter credentials. The password is sF*v(lr....</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T03:22:33Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125088</id>
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    <title>Comment from gah on 2009-02-01</title>
    <author>
        <name>gah</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>If I ever stop reading RWW it will be because of these comics.</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T03:42:35Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125090</id>
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    <title>Comment from Lane on 2009-02-01</title>
    <author>
        <name>Lane</name>
        <uri>http://www.bloggerlane.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I totally took that comic the wrong way at first glance. The alignment with the chick's pelvis just isn't right.</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T04:37:26Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125097</id>
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    <title>Comment from Eadwacer on 2009-02-01</title>
    <author>
        <name>Eadwacer</name>
        <uri></uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Interestingly enough, /. is reporting that MS has a new FF .Net extension, one that's realy hard to remove. </p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T06:03:32Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125098</id>
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    <title>Comment from Shirin Goel on 2009-02-01</title>
    <author>
        <name>Shirin Goel</name>
        <uri>http://www.mumbaiflowerplaza.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I liked the content on this site. Would like to visit again. <a href="http://www.mumbaiflowerplaza.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mumbaiflowerplaza.com</a></p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T06:11:11Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125102</id>
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    <title>Comment from Seth Wagoner on 2009-02-01</title>
    <author>
        <name>Seth Wagoner</name>
        <uri>http://sethop.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The reason the queue for getting approved onto addons.mozilla.org is a mile long is that they do look at every addon (and addon update) to see that they're ok (and they need more editors), so addons downloaded from there can be assumed safe to some extent, particularly if they have a track record. On the other hand, pays to read the privacy policy and EULA if there is one. Anything downloaded from other sites - well, caveat utilitor. </p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T07:19:43Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from mIRC on 2009-02-02</title>
    <author>
        <name>mIRC</name>
        <uri>http://www.mIRC18.Net</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I liked the content on this site. Would like to visit again.</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T17:38:41Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125173</id>
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    <title>Comment from Muhabbet on 2009-02-02</title>
    <author>
        <name>Muhabbet</name>
        <uri>http://www.Muhabbetim.in</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>For some weird reason, I'm actually really liberal with my Twitter credentials. </p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T17:39:46Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:www.readwriteweb.com,2009://1.13626-comment:125204</id>
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    <title>Comment from Rob Cottingham on 2009-02-02</title>
    <author>
        <name>Rob Cottingham</name>
        <uri>http://www.socialsignal.com/n2s</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>And then there's the good ol' unpluggable security hole that XKCD identifies: <a href="http://xkcd.com/538/" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd.com/538/</a></p>]]>
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    <published>2009-02-02T19:46:54Z</published>
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