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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00587A;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you, Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color:#00587A">Stephan Lanner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color:#00587A">Workplace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#00587A">Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#00587A">T +43 1 71123 882997<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Von:</b> Mike Kaply <mkaply@mozilla.com> <br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 26. März 2021 16:36<br>
<b>An:</b> Lanner, Stephan <stephan.lanner@brz.gv.at><br>
<b>Cc:</b> enterprise@mozilla.org<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Policies.json does not work anymore after installation of Snow Inventory Agent<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So it appears they are using that to uninstall the extension permanently when they uninstall their app.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">that's a terrible idea.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've reached out to them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00587A">Yes, when service „Snow Inventory Agent” is stopped, they install an extension:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00587A"> "<a href="mailto:cloudmetering@snowsoftware.com" target="_blank">cloudmetering@snowsoftware.com</a>" :
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00587A"> "install_url" : "<a href="file:///C:/Program%20Files/Snow%20Software/Inventory/Agent/FFCloudmetering.xpi">file://C:\\Program
Files\\Snow Software\\Inventory\\Agent\\FFCloudmetering.xpi</a>",</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00587A">The funny fact is, that they even do this when the service is stopped during uninstallation!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00587A">Thanks for the information, that starting with ESR 78.9 GPO and policies.json can coexist</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#00587A">Stephan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color:#00587A">Stephan Lanner</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color:#00587A">Workplace</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#00587A">Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#00587A">T +43 1 71123 882997</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#00587A">M +43 664 8340394</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Von:</b> Mike Kaply <<a href="mailto:mkaply@mozilla.com" target="_blank">mkaply@mozilla.com</a>>
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<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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">I'm curious as to what exactly they are doing in policy? Installing an extension?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Mike</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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">>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Hello Community,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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"> .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Unfortunately their windows-client writes a value to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox when the service is stopped.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Subsequently policies.json does not work anymore.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">We informed the company and asked them to dismiss this behavior but they ignored us.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Can somebody “Mozilla-Official” contact them to change their product?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Stephan Lanner</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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