GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 729285
Consider removing iTunes detection plugin
Last modified: 2018-05-24 18:14:41 UTC
* privacy/tracking implications in including plugins [1] * NPAPI is being disabled in Chrome/Chromium [2] this does affect this indirectly as "real" iTunes will have to show it is installed another way (or hopefully they could just start using standards..) * Plugin support is being deprecated in Firefox and will trigger click-to-play, which AFAICT may make this itunes plugin useless.[3] Totem also just removed their browser plugins for the above and some technical reasons (the technical reasons don't seem applicable to the itunes plugin though) [4] [1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/ [2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/xEbgvWE7wMk/D_07G2lftacJ [3] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2014/02/28/update-on-plugin-activation/ [4] http://www.hadess.net/2014/04/good-bye-totem-browser-plugin.html
Created attachment 290683 [details] [review] Remove itms plugin The plugin is no longer useful in Chrom/ium, and I think Apple will want to change how it's implemented when Chrom/ium drops NPAPI on Windows/Mac.
With Firefox dropping NPAPI support with Firefox 52 (out today), my understanding is this support no longer does anything.
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