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Firefox 43 Forcibly Disables Unsigned Extensions, Here’s How to Enable Them Back

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 16, 2015

The new Firefox 43 has arrived, and we would normally be happy about that. The problem is that Mozilla has finally taken the important step of forcibly disabling add-ons that haven’t been verified, and there is no option to enable them at the user’s peril.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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