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Is there a way to protect the add-ons?

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AlexArrow
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Some add-ons come with an optional use of a password to protect them from unwanted modifications, but this is completely pointless as the password does not protect them from being easily and quickly disabled or even removed.

I am hoping for more password protection, rather than some code that could also be easily removed.

Some add-ons come with an optional use of a password to protect them from unwanted modifications, but this is completely pointless as the password does not protect them from being easily and quickly disabled or even removed. I am hoping for more password protection, rather than some code that could also be easily removed.

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philipp
philipp
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you could try the public-fox addon:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/ad.../public-fox/

cor-el
cor-el
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Any extension can easily be bypassed by starting Firefox in Save mode.

  • Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
philipp
philipp
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for locking certain settings in about:config you can also refer to http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences - however it is also far from bulletproof when the user has access to the filesystem.