To check to see if you got the extension, type "about:addons" into Firefox's address bar then click "extensions" on the left side of the page. "They can do things against your interest all the time." "These companies have control, and you don't," Schneier said. Schneier likened the situation to Apple sending iPhone users U2 music even if they hadn't asked for it and Amazon remotely removing a copy of George Orwell's "1984" from people's Kindle e-book readers. "Mozilla should have known better," said computer security and privacy researcher Bruce Schneier. The issue shows just how much control outside organizations have over our computing hardware and software - even well-meaning organizations devoted to online privacy and to making us all "empowered, safe and independent." "Within hours of receiving feedback," Mozilla moved Looking Glass to its Firefox add-on store, where people will be able to get it if they want it as it becomes available this weekend. Although we always have the best intentions, not everything that we try works as we want," said Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Mozilla's chief marketing officer. "Suffice to say, we've learned a good deal in the last 24 hours. Robot," but it stopped doing so when people started giving them an earful, the nonprofit organization said. Mozilla had installed the Looking Glass extension remotely on their machines this week through a partnership with " Mr. Mark 57, a Firefox-themed takeoff on an Iron Man suit, served as Mozilla's Quantum mascot. I freaked out a bit and uninstalled it immediately." On Wednesday, Firefox users started complaining that a cryptic extension had been installed in their browser with no explicit permission or explanation of what it does - only a description that read "MY REALITY IS DIFFERENT THAN YOURS." People ripped into Mozilla in a Reddit discussion after one Firefox user fretted, "I have no idea what it is or where it came from. But almost immediately, the plan started backfiring. It sounded like a good idea at Mozilla - promote computer security and privacy awareness using a tie-in with an online game from the popular "Mr.
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