<div dir="ltr"><div>So it appears they are using that to uninstall the extension permanently when they uninstall their app.</div><div><br></div><div>that's a terrible idea.</div><div><br></div><div>I've reached out to them.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 4:18 AM Lanner, Stephan <<a href="mailto:stephan.lanner@brz.gv.at">stephan.lanner@brz.gv.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(0,88,122)" lang="EN-US">Yes, when service „Snow Inventory Agent” is stopped, they install an extension:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(0,88,122)" lang="EN-US"> "<a href="mailto:cloudmetering@snowsoftware.com" target="_blank">cloudmetering@snowsoftware.com</a>" :
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(0,88,122)" lang="EN-US"> "install_url" : "file://C:\\Program Files\\Snow Software\\Inventory\\Agent\\FFCloudmetering.xpi",<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(0,88,122)" lang="EN-US">The funny fact is, that they even do this when the service is stopped during uninstallation!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(0,88,122)" lang="EN-US">Thanks for the information, that starting with ESR 78.9 GPO and policies.json can coexist<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Von:</b> Mike Kaply <<a href="mailto:mkaply@mozilla.com" target="_blank">mkaply@mozilla.com</a>> <br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 25. <span lang="EN-US">März 2021 19:23<br>
<b>An:</b> Lanner, Stephan <<a href="mailto:stephan.lanner@brz.gv.at" target="_blank">stephan.lanner@brz.gv.at</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:enterprise@mozilla.org" target="_blank">enterprise@mozilla.org</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Policies.json does not work anymore after installation of Snow Inventory Agent<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yea, as Dimas says later, this is fixed with Firefox 87 and Firefox ESR 78.9. GPO and policies.json coexist.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I'm curious as to what exactly they are doing in policy? Installing an extension?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 1:58 AM Lanner, Stephan <</span><a href="mailto:stephan.lanner@brz.gv.at" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">stephan.lanner@brz.gv.at</span></a><span lang="EN-US">> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello Community,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">we are using the inventory solution of snow software
</span><a href="https://www.snowsoftware.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.snowsoftware.com/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> .<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately their windows-client writes a value to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox when the service is stopped.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Subsequently policies.json does not work anymore.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We informed the company and asked them to dismiss this behavior but they ignored us.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Can somebody “Mozilla-Official” contact them to change their product?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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