[Bug 1827717] Re: Normandy remote control should be disabled by default

[Olivier Tilloy]

> Reasoning: Software installed via APT should have defined states, software
> should not be allowed to change itself, unless the user has actively chosen
> to enable such functionality and this functionality points out, for the
> user, that it has this capability.

Normandy won't alter the packages installed by apt (that would mean that
it runs as root, which would definitely be a security problem). The
mechanism allows Mozilla to roll out preference changes, which will
alter only the user's profile.

As you pointed out, this allowed to mitigate quite effectively bug
#1827727, which rather advocates for keeping it enabled by default.

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Opinion

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  Normandy remote control should be disabled by default

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